On February 27, the weather was cold and the lowest temperature was 8, and a 20-year-old man in Longtan Town, Bobai County, accidentally fell into the reservoir. At the critical moment, Huang Benyou, a 68-year-old villager who was grazing cattle nearby, braved the severe cold and jumped into the icy water to rescue the man who had fallen into the water. (*Production: Zhong Dandan).
The man accidentally fell into the water
The old man herding the cow dived into the water to save people
At about 10 o'clock on February 27, a man accidentally slipped into the Lulian River Reservoir in Nabo Village, Longtan Town, Bobai County. Huang Benyou, who was grazing cattle nearby, saw people struggling in the water about five meters away from the shore of the reservoir. ”
didn't have time to think about it, Huang Benyou didn't even take off his thick clothes, quickly jumped into the water, and swam towards the man with all his might. The water in the reservoir was cold and chest-deep, and the man was constantly struggling, and Huang Benyou tried unsuccessfully to drag the man back to the shore several times. As the man's struggle became smaller, Huang Benyou seized the opportunity, grabbed the man's wrist, and dragged him to the shore.
Huang Benyou and the villagers carried the man who fell into the water to the slope. After coming ashore, the man was unconscious but still breathing, and Huang Benyou immediately dialed 110 and 120, and shouted to the surrounding villagers to come and help. After the villagers came to take care of the man, Huang Benyou ran home and came back immediately after changing his clothes, and carried the man to the slope with the villagers and lit a fire to help him keep warm.
Everyone lit a fire to help the man who fell into the water to keep warm. Soon, the police and medical staff of the police station arrived at the scene and sent the man to the hospital**. It is understood that the man who fell into the water is a 20-year-old man from Da'an Village, Longtan Town, who accidentally slipped into the water because he was in a bad mood that day. After the joint efforts of all parties, the man is currently recovering well.
I can't remember how much time it took to save people at that time, as long as the people were successfully rescued. Huang Benyou said.
This is not the first time he has saved people
The town is applying for the title of "righteousness and courage".
On March 1, when the reporter contacted Huang Benyou, his family was accompanying him to get an intravenous drip at the Longtan Town Health Center. "When the family heard that he jumped into the water to save people, they were a little afraid. According to his family, Huang Benyou, who is nearly seventy years old, mainly works as a farmer in his daily life, and suffers from diabetes, high blood pressure, gout and other diseases. More than 10 years ago, he also rescued a person from the same village who had fallen into the water in the Lulian River Reservoir. Afterwards, Huang Benyou's deeds of saving people spread in Bobai, and villagers and netizens praised him. In this regard, Huang Benyou said: "I am a farmer, I don't know any big truths, I only know that at that time, human life was at stake, and I couldn't see death without saving." On March 1, the reporter learned from Longtan Town, Bobai County, that Huang Benyou's behavior belonged to righteousness and bravery, and he was declaring the honorary title of righteousness and courage to the higher departments for him. Reporter Zhang Zonghai Correspondent Wu Qiyong