The 61-year-old new British consul general in Chongqing dives into the water and rescues the girl who fell into the water and won the triathlon championship
China News Service, Chongqing, November 16 (Reporter Liu Xianglin) Recently, a video of a foreign old man diving to rescue a Chinese girl from falling into the water has been widely circulated on the Internet.
The reporter confirmed from the British Consulate General in Chongqing on the 16th that the old foreign man is the new consul general of the British Consulate General in Chongqing Shi Yunsen.
He has won the age group champion of the Beijing International Triathlon.
The picture shows the British Consulate General in Chongqing Shi Yunsen (middle) leaving the scene of the incident after saving a person.
Photo by Jiang Lang
A video taken by a netizen showed that a girl accidentally fell into the water while playing by the river, and after struggling in the water for a few seconds, she floated on the water and stopped moving.
At this time, a passing foreign old man jumped into the water to rescue him. He held up the girl in the water with one hand and rowed towards the shore with one hand.
At the same time as the elderly rescued, the people on the shore threw down a lifebuoy, and finally, with the efforts of everyone, successfully rescued the girl safely.
In response to this video, the British Consulate General in Chongqing stated that on the morning of November 14, the 61-year-old Consul General of the British Consulate General in Chongqing Swinson heard an exclamation and found a girl falling into the water while visiting the ancient town of Zhongshan, Chongqing.
Shi Yunsen immediately jumped into the water, lifted the unconscious girl out of the water, and, in cooperation with rescuers on the shore, sent the girl ashore safely.
Due to the timely rescue, the girl quickly recovered her breathing and consciousness, and it was no problem.
After Shi Yunsen went ashore, he was taken care of by the local villagers.
The villagers sent him hot coffee to warm up, and asked him to dry and change his clothes.
Shi Yunsen thanked the villagers for their care.
It is understood that Swinson went to the British Consulate General in Chongqing to take up his post in early October. He completed the relevant procedures on November 16 and officially started his work as the consul general of the British Consulate General in Chongqing.
Although he has just arrived in Chongqing, Swinson has 9 years of working and living experience in China.
He is a civil engineer with 30 years of rich experience. He specializes in bridge design. He has worked in India, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and the Caribbean. He has also participated in the construction of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge in China.
In his spare time, Shi Yunsen likes artistic creation, and also likes Chinese painting and calligraphy, collecting Chinese porcelain.
He loves skiing and cycling, has driven a motorcycle across the Himalayas, and won the age group championship of the Beijing International Triathlon in 2019.
Swinson is the seventh consul general since the establishment of the British Consulate General in Chongqing. Earlier this month, he recorded a video in Chinese and officially announced that he would go to work in Chongqing. Shi Yunsen said that he had been to Chongqing, Sichuan and Yunnan for work, and these places left a deep impression on him. "I look forward to working and living in Southwest China in the next few years." Swinson said, looking forward to the cooperation between the UK and Southwest China in various fields in the next few years.