Passengers trapped in Zhengzhou Metro Line 5: I know that rescue will come
The heavy rains in Zhengzhou affected the hearts of the people across the country. A reporter from the Ziniu News of the Yangtze Evening News interviewed some witnesses. They included passengers trapped in Metro Line 5, residents of Zhengzhou community waiting for rescue, foreign tourists who were on the embarrassing journey, and stranded in the station. Student Symphony Orchestra...Listen to the unforgettable stories they experienced from these witnesses.
After the heavy rain, many hotels in Zhengzhou dropped their prices at the same time. This matter was on the hot search. A staff member of one of the hotels in Zhengzhou said: "We want to tide over the difficulties with everyone."
Ziniu News reporter Song Shifeng, trainee reporter Sun Qingyun, Yan Chunxu, Yu Yue
Metro Fright
"As long as you stick to it, you will definitely wait for rescuers"
On July 20, a heavy rain in Zhengzhou caused serious water accumulation in the subway. The water in the tunnel instantly poured into the carriages, and many passengers were trapped on Zhengzhou Metro Line 5.
Mr. Shang, 31 years old this year, was one of the trapped passengers. He was soaked in a submerged compartment for nearly 2 hours.
On the 21st, Mr. Shang recounted this unforgettable experience to the Ziniu reporter of the Yangtze Evening News.
After get off work that day, Mr. Shang could only choose to take the subway. He usually took the bus to go home. Because of the heavy rain, the bus stopped running and there were no taxis. “I feel that the subway should be safer. I didn’t expect this to happen. Happening."
After Mr. Shang got on Line 5, he sat at the third stop, and the car slowly entered the water.
He didn't know where the water came from. He saw a lot of water pouring into the car from the outside. The train stopped shortly afterwards, moved slightly, and finally stopped in the tunnel between the beach temple and the Shakou road. .
"In the beginning, the water was not too much, and everyone did not realize the seriousness of the problem. But after a while, the water in the carriage was getting more and more, and the flow became more and more urgent. Everyone was a little anxious." Mr. Shang said.
The subway stopped, but the water level in the carriage was slowly rising.
When the water flooded to the knees, some people called for help, and others recorded a video and posted it on the Internet, hoping to attract attention.
After the water level rose, the passengers in the carriage seemed to have reached a tacit understanding with each other, "The taller boy spontaneously gave the girls and children the seat to step on, let them stand higher, stand underneath, holding on to the handrails. "Mr. Shang said, "Usually you may not feel it. In times of adversity, everyone's hearts are really together, no one is messed up, no one is arguing. After a few girls and children cry, some people say to comfort them. ."
Mr. Shang is 180 centimeters tall, and within a short while, the water level has submerged to the position of his belly button.
He originally wanted to contact his wife, but found that his mobile phone had no signal, and sighed helplessly.
Some passengers slammed open the subway doors in a hurry and climbed out of the carriages, but the outside situation is unknown. Most people stayed in the carriages and waited for rescue: "There is water everywhere, and there is a lot of people. It’s crowded, so I don’t dare to move."
At the same time, in another carriage, the netizen "Lumberjack's View" was also experiencing this shocking moment.
He wrote on his personal social account: "Someone in the carriage is already calling and crying, some are calling parents, some are calling their husbands and wives, and some people ask the other party to call their children and want to say a few words. I also give my parents I called and told them to pay attention to their bodies in the future. I didn't talk about my environment because I was afraid that they were worried. I explained things like a last word."
Slowly, Mr. Shang found that breathing became difficult and his head was dizzy. He felt that the air was getting less and less. He heard someone in the compartment say: "Everyone try not to talk. The more you talk, the faster we use oxygen." Despite this, he is still hopeful, "I think someone will come to rescue us. As long as we persist, we will definitely wait for rescuers."
At this moment, someone shouted in surprise: "The fireman is coming!" The voice was not very high, but it caused Mr. Shang to get goose bumps: "I know we are saved!"
The firefighters rushed to the scene, the woman and the child left first, and the man followed.
In this way, the people in Mr. Shang’s carriage were taken out of the carriage one after another. Some of them supported each other, some touched the railings on both sides, along the channels set aside on both sides of the urban underground waterway, facing the head worn by the rescuer. The dim light from the lamp went out.
The visible range in front of him gradually expanded. Eventually, everyone in the same carriage with Mr. Monk was moved to a safe place.
At 3 o'clock in the morning on July 21, Zhengzhou issued a document stating that 12 people were killed in the Zhengzhou subway.
Mr. Shang, who came home safely, has lingering fears. He has not gone out and stayed at home with his wife. “The power is cut off at home and there is no internet.” After talking about the people's concern for Zhengzhou from all over the country, Mr. Shang raised his voice and said with all his heart. "Thank you, thank you very much!"
Keep watch
Lost eighty-year-old parents, waiting for volunteers at 4 in the morning
The situation in the subway is critical, and the situation in the urban area is also frequent.
Mr. Wang in Erqi District, Zhengzhou City is only 4 kilometers away from his parents' home, but because of the accumulation of water in the city, there is no way to go to his parents' house. There is also a problem with mobile phone communication and unable to get in touch.
Mr. Wang, who is in his 50s, was distraught. “The 82-year-old mother was burned extensively by hot water on June 12, and his 85-year-old father also had limited mobility. There was only one babysitter by his side. The two elderly people would be in danger at any time. ."
In desperation, Mr. Wang's daughter got help through the help-seeking information channel of Zhuo Ming Disaster Information Service Center.
The service center is a volunteer organization dedicated to solving disaster information asymmetry. It was established in 2010. It has participated in many disaster rescues and has connections with emergency management departments and most rescue agencies across the country.
On the 20th, Zhuo Ming established multiple WeChat groups to perform different functions such as coordination, information collection and processing, and rescue team contact.
Netizens are very enthusiastic about participating. As of noon on the 21st, the number of volunteers has exceeded 4,000.
Volunteers collect help-seeking information on social platforms such as Weibo, collect and categorize, then aggregate and process it, and provide it to emergency management departments and similar rescue teams according to different priority levels.
At 19:40 on the 20th, Zhuo Ming released the Zhengzhou rainstorm help information channel. As of 15:10 on the 21st, 6638 requests for help had been received.
In the early morning of the 21st, Mr. Wang’s daughter registered in Zhuo Ming’s help information channel and received a call from local volunteers to verify the situation at 3 a.m., “At 4 a.m., the volunteers drove my parents in a private car. Sent here."
The volunteers were all wet. Mr. Wang was moved to see in his eyes and was moved to tears: "At that time, seeing these volunteer children was very tired and didn't sleep all night, which made people feel distressed."
Sound of Nature
"Me and My Motherland" resounded from Zhengzhou East Railway Station
Due to heavy rain, more than 160 trains at Zhengzhou East Railway Station were suspended. A temporary special concert eased the mood of passengers stranded at the station.
This is a group of children from the wind band, they were also stranded in Zhengzhou East Railway Station after returning from the competition.
Under the teacher's organization, the children played music, "My Motherland and Me" and "Singing for the Motherland" and other familiar music sounded. Many visitors sang in chorus along with the rhythm.
This concert was filmed into a video. The publisher, Mr. Li, the father of one of the students, told the Ziniu News reporter of the Yangtze Evening News that he also saw this scene from the group of parents of the symphony. The teacher was trapped at the high-speed rail station. The parents were very worried. The teacher posted this video to the group to tell us to rest assured."
According to reports, on July 18, the wind orchestra of Mr. Li's son followed his teacher to Shanghai to participate in the competition. He took the high-speed rail back to Zhengzhou on the afternoon of the 20th. After arriving at Zhengzhou East Railway Station at 6 o'clock, he was stranded in the station. Not big, most of them are only in fifth grade.
For safety reasons, the teacher in charge of the class called on all parents in the group to stay at home and wait for unified arrangements.
She deliberately left a message in the group: "Don't worry, the safety of the child is entrusted to us!" In order to let the parents relax, the orchestra teacher thought of a way to organize the children to play music, and on the one hand, it can comfort the surrounding tourists.
"The children's music not only soothed and motivated many trapped passengers. After seeing the video from the teacher, our parents were relieved." Mr. Li said that the water on the first floor of the high-speed rail station had reached the waist. After arriving at the high-speed rail station, the children were directly transferred to the passenger area on the third floor.
At about 6 o'clock in the morning on the 21st, the children were safely sent home by the caring bus.
Overcome the difficulties together
Social forces from all over the world join in the rescue, hot search on "hotel price reduction"
Rescue comes from all directions.
Firefighters in many places across the country rushed for emergency assistance. At the same time, social forces also rushed into rescue.
The Xuzhou Falcon Emergency Rescue Team arrived early on the 21st and immediately engaged in intense rescue work.
At 7:05 am on the 21st, the Xuzhou Falcon Emergency Rescue Team went to the Guandu Bridge in Zhongmu County to participate in the rescue. The first batch of five boats from the past ten members was ordered by the Henan Provincial Emergency Department.
At noon on July 21, a member of the rescue team told reporters that the team was currently evacuating the trapped people at the intersection of Zhengkai Avenue and Jialu River, and rescued all the more than 200 trapped people from a factory in Zhongmou County at 14:20. .
At 14:22, they rushed to a local middle school and transferred dozens of students and teachers.
As of 16:50, the Xuzhou Falcon Emergency Rescue Team had transferred about 1,500 people and delivered 80 supplies near the Guandu Bridge in Zhongmu County.
Because of the heavy rain, many people cannot go home and can only find nearby hotels.
Many hotels launch special events on the 21st.
A reporter searched on a certain platform and found that many hotels in Zhongmou County had reduced prices. A staff member of one of the hotels told reporters: "At present, the hotel’s food, water and electricity supplies are all normal, and the price reduction is mainly to facilitate those evacuated residents to have a place in the county. Can live."
Except for Zhongmou County, many hotels in the entire Zhengzhou area have reduced their prices to varying degrees. Many hotels list preferential prices, and some budget hotels even hit half the price, most of which fluctuate between 60-150 yuan per night. On the morning of the 21st, the topic of "Zhengzhou hotel price reduction" was also on the hot search. Asked if he had discussed with the hotel counterparts, the hotel staff in Zhongmu County told the Ziniu News reporter: "I haven't discussed it. The price cuts were made at the same time, because they were all from Henan. We have to tide over the difficulties together."