(First scene) Directly hit the Quanzhou Tower collapse accident rescue: light, light up the long night home
China News Agency, Quanzhou, March 11th, title: Rescue the Quanzhou building collapse accident: light, light up the long night home
China News Agency reporter Lin Chunyin and Sun Hong
At 2 am on the 11th, the scene of the collapse of the Xinjia Hotel in Licheng District, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, was brightly lit. More than a dozen tower crane headlights illuminated the uniform reflective strips on the rescuers, scattered in three positions of the ruin The rescue team, like three bands of light, jumped and flowed in the pile of cement steel plates.
Data Map: The rescue site of the collapsed hotel in Quanzhou, Fujian. Photo by Zhang Bin
After more than 80 hours of rescue, 62 people were rescued from 71 people trapped in the Xinjia Hotel under centralized observation. Nine people were buried, including a family of five from Huangshi, Hubei.
For Wang Tao, a 34-year-old Hubei man, the light bands on those rescuers were the warmest memories of the accident. Wang Tao was the first rescued. His father and cousin were killed in the accident.
In the midnight rescue on the 7th, Wang Tao met with the captain of the Xiamen Blue Sky Rescue Team. "She approached me and I stepped back; told her that I was from Hubei. In isolation, she said it was okay and continued to approach me." Wang Tao recalled.
The blue sky team members found the remains of his father and cousin and mourned in silence. "I remember they stood still for a few minutes, only the light on their clothes was bright and jumping." Wang Tao closed his eyes. "I was flustered and frightened all night and suddenly emptied, feeling the respect and harmony of life equality."
In the rescue field, the two-kilometer logistical support area was also lit like daylight, and nearly a hundred volunteers were busy.
Zhuo Yingying, a volunteer responsible for making quilts, is a nearby villager studying at a university in another province. "In the past few years, my hometown has developed very well, roads have been repaired well, there are a lot of factories and industrial parks, and the buildings have been beautifully constructed." She said, "We are very sad when this happens."
Tzu Chi donated 360 cots this time to provide hot and spicy ginger tea to dispel cold and warm up. Quanzhou Shishi Electrician Qiu Shangduan and his 19-year-old daughter are a pair of Tzu Chi volunteer workers and daughters who deliver tea overnight.
"In six hours, six vats were delivered," Qiu Shangduan said. Most of the encounters were from Quanzhou migrant workers from other provinces. "We help them and accompany them."
At 3 am, seven or eight ambulances quietly flashed warning lights in the medical area. Chen Qixiong, an ambulance driver of the Quanzhou First Aid Command Center, waited for the task overnight. During the first 20 hours of the rescue, more than 20 people were rescued in a row. It was his busiest time. "The wounded were in the car, and no cry could be heard. The quieter, the more I said to myself, fast!" I look forward to running immediately. "
The task came urgently. Chen Zhiliang, a doctor at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, wore slippers and went from the intensive care unit to the scene of the accident. Waiting for almost 12 hours, he did not dare to "sit down." "The longer you are trapped, the more you need to pay close attention," said Chen Zhiliang.
At about 4 o'clock on the 11th, trapped people were found one after the other, including a family of five. The members of the Fuzhou Fire Rescue Team went through the fish, silent and solemn. The blue bag on the stretcher showed the size and size, and there was a weeping sound in the media area of the field.
"Dad hugged his mother, his mother guarded the youngest daughter, and the two little boys were on the other bed." A Fuzhou firefighter who took a break and told the reporter, "The family stayed in a small space. There was no trauma and the body was intact. "
At 6 o'clock in the morning, the sky was getting brighter. In the online community, a small video of three children in a hotel filmed by a mother of five in the hotel flowed again. Messages from praying for their safe home, one after another.
As of the press release on the evening of the 11th, 70 people were trapped and rescued, including 28 dead; and 1 person was trapped. The search and rescue continued under the night and light.
"I hope there will be light to light up the long night when they go home." Some netizens left messages in the message area of the media live broadcast. (Finish)