This light becomes the light of life that penetrates the rain curtain and the night.
When a highway bridge collapsed and the torrent endangered passing vehicles, Xia Hui, a 50-year-old veteran, and his wife, Xu Xian, waved a flashlight to keep the car behind in danger, regardless of their own safety.
In the thrilling half an hour, more than 20 vehicles were stopped, and dozens of people survived. People with lingering fears have joined the team to stop the follow-up vehicles and work together to stop this life-devouring dangerous road.
Netizens said: "Thank you to those ordinary people who protect our safety at a critical juncture, and thank you to those ordinary people who give us warmth in the wind and rain!" "The extraordinary deeds of these ordinary forces are commendable and should be remembered.
On July 19, a sudden torrential rain and flash flood occurred in Zhashui County, Shangluo City, Shaanxi Province, resulting in a partial unilateral collapse of the No. 2 bridge in Yanping Village, Shanyang direction, Shuiyang section of Danning Expressway, with a collapse length of about 40 meters.
Xia Hui and Xu Xian, who were visiting relatives by car, also traveled on this road. The taillights of the vehicle in front suddenly disappeared, and Xia Hui sensed that the situation was not good, and braked urgently. The place where he stopped was only five or six meters away from the broken bridge of the collapsed bridge.
After getting out of the car to check the road conditions, Xia Hui didn't have time to sigh, he couldn't be afraid, and urged his wife to call the police, while he turned on the vehicle's double flash, waved a strong flashlight, and shouted loudly to stop the car from moving forward.
Xia Hui (first from right) waved a flashlight to stop a vehicle. (Screenshot of vehicle dash cam video)
Ren Xinquan was a driver who was stopped by Xia Hui. He recalled that on the night of the incident, it was raining urgently, and his vision was not good, and he suddenly saw a light flashing desperately through the night and the rain curtain, and Ren Xinquan hurriedly stepped on the brakes. After parking, he learned about the danger ahead from Xia Hui, and after expressing his gratitude, Ren Xinquan decided to stop the car with Xia Hui.
More and more cars were stopped, and more and more people joined the queue to stop them. In the dark and rainy night, one beam of light embraces another, converging into a piece of light. In the half hour before the traffic police arrived, more than 20 vehicles were stopped and dozens of people survived.
When interviewed by reporters, Xia Hui said: "No matter who finds out about the danger, they will make the same choice." It's not just me who works, it's because everyone works together that more people are safe. ”
Stepping forward in times of crisis to help others out of danger is not scarce in this era.
A similar situation occurred more than a month ago in the flood disaster in Meizhou, Guangdong Province.
After being moved to safety by the rescuers, a villager took the initiative to return to the village and took out his rubber boat to assist the rescuers in transferring other trapped people.
On the 23rd, Xia Hui (left) and Xu Xian (right) were interviewed by reporters. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wu Hongbo
He took the risk to stop an oncoming vehicle when a rock fell, picked up a water cannon to rescue a family of four trapped in a fire when the road was on fire, and pulled out a buried companion from the rubble with both hands when an earthquake struck......
They could be neighbors, friends, or just strangers they've never met. Ordinary individuals, in the face of sudden disasters, with empathy for the fate of others, choose to go against the current, resolutely upward, burst out of the brilliance of human nature, shining with goodwill and warmth, so that the society is full of warmth.
Every time a disaster occurs, from the central government to the local government, they go all out to search and rescue the lost and trapped people, rush to repair and get through the infrastructure, investigate and deal with secondary disasters, and the emergency network is becoming denser and denser.
As of the 25th, more than 2,000 rescue forces such as firefighters and armed police, with hundreds of drones and underwater robots, are still searching and rescuing at the scene of the collapse of the Zhashui bridge.
In this disaster, before the traffic police arrived at the scene of the accident, it was with the conscience and courage of these ordinary people that the precious lives of the latecomers were saved.
This power from ordinary people is indispensable and has never been absent. They stepped forward to help themselves and each other, and with their actions, they demonstrated the traditional virtues of mutual help and benevolence.
We want to pay our respects to these ordinary forces. The influence and encouragement from such ordinary forces have jointly shaped a positive and benevolent social ecology, so that more people choose to chase the light and become the light.
They deserve to be remembered.
Source: Xinhua News Agency