Go straight to the rescue scene of Luding's "orphaned village in the water": 4-year-old boy was rescued by zipline and comforted his mother "I'm not afraid"

　　"Are you afraid?" "Not afraid!" At 12:00 on September 6, in Moxi Town, Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, standing by the fast-flowing Yanzigou River, 4-year-old boy Zhong Jiayi answered his mother's question.

Hearing her son's answer, mother Zhang Jianmin cried while holding her child.

　　After the "9.5" Luding earthquake, Gonghe Village on the Yanzigou side of Moxi Town near the epicentre was interrupted by roads and bridges, and became an "orphaned village in the water".

　　At 7:00 on September 6, a certain branch of the Sichuan Armed Police Corps and the Chongqing Banan Emergency Rescue Team used ropes to pull up the air zipline rescue channel to transfer the trapped people. The 4-year-old boy Zhong Jiayi took the zipline and was rescued first.

earthquake strikes

Three grandparents "lost contact"

　　Zhong Jiayi's family lives in Moxi Town.

On the morning of September 5, my grandfather and grandmother took Zhong Jiayi to the hot spring near Gonghe Village to play.

Who knew that the earthquake occurred just after entering the hot spring pool.

　　At this time, Zhang Jianmin and her husband Zhong Jianwei were in Moxi Town and saw that a house was damaged and collapsed. The two became anxious and decided to find the three grandparents. Zhong Jiayi's uncle also came from Kangding.

However, after the earthquake, the mobile phone signal was interrupted, and the roads and bridges leading to Gonghe Village were also blocked.

How to do?

The three decided to take risks and wade from the Yanzigou River to Gonghe Village.

　　"When we walked to the middle of Yanzigou River, the water flow was very fast, and there was no way to pass." Zhang Jianmin said, in desperation, the three had to retreat to a safe area and continue to try to contact the two elderly people by phone, but the phone could not be connected.

Villagers help

Take in grandchildren and cook noodles overnight

　　Fortunately, during the earthquake, Grandpa, Grandma and Zhong Jiayi were all safe.

　　"After the earthquake, our parents were also very worried about our safety, so they prepared to return to Moxi Town with their grandson on their backs." Zhang Jianmin said, but the road was completely blocked by landslides and debris, so they had no choice but to return to the village.

　　At this time, the villagers of Gonghe Village have been successively resettled in the Party and Mass Service Center or relatively safe houses in the village.

　　What moved people was that a family of enthusiastic villagers not far from Yanzigou River took in three grandparents and grandchildren for one night.

At noon the next day, another kind villager cooked noodles and delivered them.

　　At this time, a rescue team of 50 people composed of special police officers and two medical workers have entered Gonghe Village to carry out rescue work.

But there are still six wounded in the village, including two seriously wounded who need to be transferred for treatment.

Throwing stones across the river

'Life ziplines' set up on fast-flowing rivers

　　At 7:00 on September 6, a certain branch of the Sichuan Armed Police Corps and the Chongqing Banan Emergency Rescue Team went to Gonghe Village with tools. The fast-flowing Yanzigou River became the biggest obstacle for the rescue team.

　　Yuan Zhicheng, the leader of the Chongqing Banan Emergency Rescue Team, has been engaged in civil rescue and related training, especially rope rescue, and has been studying for more than ten years.

After two selections, he finally selected a place about 10 meters wide in the river dam, ready to "build a bridge in the air".

　　Knotting, tying the stone, and pulling the rope about half a meter away from the stone, Guo Ling, a member of the Hailuogou Brigade of the Administrative Law Enforcement Bureau of Ganzi Prefecture, lifted the stone and threw the stone with the rope to the opposite bank by inertia.

On the opposite bank, Gui Shubing, a villager in Gonghe Village, caught the rope in the water.

Previously, the two teams had tried more than ten times, but both ended in failure.

　　The rope was successfully pulled, and Yuan Zhicheng climbed toward the opposite bank in the upside-down style.

At this time, the water flow gradually increased, and his body came into contact with the river water several times, but fortunately there was no danger.

At about 10 o'clock, two rescue ropes and a traction rope successfully straddled the Yanzigou River.

　　"This is a backup plan for the transfer of the wounded. If the helicopter cannot stop and land, it can only be transferred from here." Yuan Zhicheng said.

　　The rescue "air channel" was opened, and the armed police officers and soldiers, rescue team members, special police and medical staff also crossed to the other side one after another, heading towards the Gonghe Village resettlement site.

safe escape

Holding my mother and saying "I'm not afraid"

　　After Zhang Jianmin received the news that his son and mother could return via the zipline, he immediately set off with his family to the rescue scene on the zipline.

In the process of going down the mountain to the dam, she had noticed that someone on the other side was carrying her son towards the zipline rescue point.

　　At about 12 o'clock, after more than 10 seconds, Zhong Jiayi was protected by Yuan Zhicheng and safely crossed to the other side.

The 4-year-old child saw his mother from a distance, and immediately broke free from the arms of the rescue team and stood on a rock.

Opposite him, a woman in black clothes with red eyes, hurriedly ran over from the pile of rocks and squatted down, hugging him tightly in her arms.

　　Seeing his son, Zhang Jianmin cried out, "Mom misses you, are you afraid?" Zhang Jianmin said while observing his son's physical condition.

　　"I'm not afraid!" Zhong Jiayi smiled to comfort her mother, put her arms around her face to help her wipe away her tears, and kissed her.

Seeing his son's warmhearted behavior, Zhang Jianmin burst into tears again.

　　Zhang Jianmin said that his son was very good and sensible. Although he knew he was fine, he couldn't help but worry.

After seeing her son, not only was he not afraid, but he also found it fun to cross the river with a rope, and she was completely relieved.

　　At this time, Zhong Jiayi's father Zhong Jianwei also came over from the pile of rocks. He touched his son's little head wearing a helmet and picked up his son from his wife's hands.

　　With his son in his arms, this normally strong man couldn't help shedding tears, and he finally let go of his son after being hit twice in the face.

Hearing his son happily "explaining" the feeling of skating, Zhong Jianwei once again blushed, picked up his son and thanked the rescuers.

　　After the on-site personnel just gave a simple signal, they immediately threw themselves into the next rescue.

Because at this time, at the resettlement site in Gonghe Village, there are still nearly 1,000 people stranded.

According to Zhao Feng, the person in charge of the rescue scene, as of 13:00 on the 6th, 6 of the 7 wounded have been transferred by helicopter, and the other wounded will also be transferred by helicopter to the hospital.

　　At about 17:00 on the 6th, the local area began to erect a bridge over the Yanzigou River, and the construction was carried out overnight, striving to transfer the stranded people safely as soon as possible.

　　West China Metropolis Daily - Cover reporter Wang Xianglong Li Qing