Chinanews.com, Jinzhong, April 3, title: Firefighters "rescuing the cow": a cow weighing about 800 jin was trapped in a silt pond
Author Gao Ruifeng
"Tie the rope to the cow's head, and two safety ropes pass under the cow's body through the tied corbel... More than a dozen people pull together, and the cow does not move." April 3, a firefighter from Heshun Fire Rescue Brigade, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province , Told reporters about the process of "rescuing the cow" in the silt pond.
In Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province, a cow weighing about 800 jin fell into a silt pond with a diameter of about 10 meters.
Photo courtesy of Heshun Fire Rescue Brigade, Jinzhong City
"At 16:00 on the 1st, a cow weighing about 800 kilograms fell into a silt pond with a diameter of about 10 meters on the 207 National Highway and Taiyangpo Road in Yixing Town, Shun County." The firefighter said that the cow was trapped in an open area. Near the hillside, the road is rugged, fire trucks cannot enter, a large amount of excrement has accumulated in the silt pond, and the left half of the cow’s head has been submerged by water.
At the time of the incident, it was raining and the temperature was low, and the cows trapped in the silt pond kept wailing.
According to the villagers at the scene, the cows were trapped for a long time before the firefighters arrived.
The silt pool where the cows are trapped is commonly known as "silt dumplings" by the locals. Animals are trapped in it. The greater the struggle, the deeper the sink.
After leading the team leader Wang Zhihao to understand the situation at the scene, he decided to organize firefighters to put the ladder on the rock near the pool. After many trials, the ladder was successfully built. The firefighter tied the rope to the cow’s head, and a little firefighter tightened it. Hold it to prevent the cow from sinking further due to the struggle.
Afterwards, Wang Zhihao organized the rest of the firefighters to remove the debris on the side of the silt pond and the silt around the cow's body, and used two safety ropes to pass under the cow's body and fasten the legs of the cows respectively.
More than a dozen people on the scene tried to pull the cow together, but after many attempts, the cow still couldn't get out of the trap.
The firefighters of the Heshun Fire Rescue Brigade of Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province "rescued the cow".
Photo courtesy of Heshun Fire Rescue Brigade, Jinzhong City
After communicating with the villagers on the scene, Wang Zhihao decided to deploy an excavator from a nearby construction site to assist in the rescue.
After the excavator arrives at the site, it first digs out the silt around the cow's body, and then rescues the cow with manual work.
In the end, the firefighters trapped the cow with a safety rope, and pushed the cow out of the silt pond little by little with the help of the slope dug by the excavator.
People pulled the machine to dig, and saved a cow with a lot of effort.
Photo courtesy of Heshun Fire Rescue Brigade, Jinzhong City
"Ah, it's coming out, it's coming out." As the sky darkened, the cow was rescued, and its owner kept thanking him.
The cow lying next to the pool was covered with mud all over, a "mud cow" alive.
The firefighters who participated in the rescue said with a smile that there were more than a dozen people on the scene, people pulling machines to dig, and it took "a great effort" to save a cow. (Finish)