On October 9, Gan Yu, the "flood release hero" who was rescued 17 days after being lost in the earthquake in Luding, Sichuan, returned to his hometown in Shihe Town, Dazhu County, Dazhou City, Sichuan Province.

At 2:30 pm, the staff of the Party Committee and Government of Shihe Town, Dazhu County, Wutong Village Committee and other staff, as well as the grandfather, grandma and relatives of Gan Yu's hometown greeted him.

In the Bazi, my hometown, relatives and neighbors in the village were talking and laughing.

Gan Yu said that he felt very warm after returning home. Compared with before admission, he weighed more than 30 kilograms. Due to multiple fractures in his calf, a steel plate was implanted, and he needed to be well recuperated at home, which would take about two months.

Regarding the arrangements for the recuperation period in his hometown, Gan Yu said that he will start the first-level construction engineer test in November, but he still has not passed the last subject, and he is ready to review and take the test in the near future.

Photo by Zhang Yang


[Editor: Li Peiyun]