"Brother Wenchuan" returns to Luding to visit the baby he rescued
"Brother Wenchuan" met again after 4 months with the children he rescued in the earthquake!
This reunion on January 5th had everyone excited.
On September 6, 2022, at the disaster relief site in Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province, Zhang Zili, a forest firefighter participating in the rescue, held a 2-month-old baby in his arms and carefully transferred it to a safe place. He was also seen by netizens Affectionately known as "Brother Wenchuan".
The rescued child is Yang Zekai, who lives in Detuo Town, Luding County. Coincidentally, the child's father is also a firefighter.
As the Spring Festival of the Year of the Rabbit approaches, "Brother Wenchuan" Zhang Zili and the firefighters drove to Detuo Town, Luding County, and picked up Yang Zekai again.
Ziniu News trainee reporter Chen Ran
"Brother Wenchuan" returned to Luding to visit the baby in his arms
On September 5, 2022, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred in Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province.
In the intensive rescue in the next few days, many thrilling rescue stories happened.
Among them, the photo of "Brother Wenchuan" gently holding the baby in his arms and transferring him to a safe place once made many people's eyes red.
The "Brother Wenchuan" who rescued people at that time was Zhang Zili, a firefighter from the Wenchuan Brigade of the Aba Prefecture Branch of the Sichuan Provincial Forest Fire Brigade.
"At that time, the child's grandmother was holding him and told me that he was only 2 months old and had a slight head injury. I quickly took the child from the grandmother and carried him to the outside of the village quickly." Zhang Zili said.
Coincidentally, the scene of Zhang Zili holding the child was photographed by a reporter. Later, this photo moved countless netizens, because he is a firefighter of the Wenchuan Brigade, and he was wearing an armband with the words "Wenchuan". Call Zhang Zili and his teammates "Brother Wenchuan".
Later, they learned that the rescued child was named Yang Zekai, and his father, Yang Deyi, was also a firefighter and worked in Yajiang County. After the earthquake, he was carrying out rescue missions in another place.
Zhang Zili told reporters: "Later, we kept in touch and always wanted to go to Luding to visit them again when we had time, but in the past few months, we have been busy participating in rescue missions and preparing for the winter and spring fire prevention period, so the time to visit them been postponed again and again.”
Before the Spring Festival, Zhang Zili and his teammates finally had the opportunity to return to Luding. The leader of the Wenchuan Brigade asked him and his teammates to bring some fruits to the villagers of Wandong Village as New Year gifts when they returned.
On the day of his departure, Zhang Zili got up early and packed the toys, clothes and apples for Yang Zekai into the car.
Long before the trip, Zhang Zili had to check Yang Zekai's height and weight to buy clothes that fit him. Choosing Apple was a simple blessing from him and his comrades to all the villagers, "I hope they are all safe and well." With the Getting closer to the destination, Zhang Zili, who usually speaks little, started to talk more, "I'm looking forward to it, I want to see how the little guy is doing now, and if he recognizes his brother!"
On the other side, the child's grandma, Yang Xianqiong, stood at the gate of the Detuo Town Health Center to welcome them early.
Walking in front of their rented house, the child's father, Yang Deyi, was waiting in front of the building with Xiao Zekai in his arms. Zhang Zili walked over, greeted the child's father, and then gently hugged Xiao Zekai.
Xiao Zekai, who is now 6 months old, is very cute. He even stretched out his small hand to grab the badge of the China Fire Rescue Team on Zhang Zili's chest, "Do you still recognize me, Yang Zekai?" Zhang Zili teased Yang Zekai happily, always After more than 4 months of reunion, nothing makes him happier than seeing the child's rosy smiling face.
He was rescued during the Wenchuan earthquake, and now he is a firefighter who saves lives
Zhang Zili donated the 20,000 yuan public welfare fund previously obtained to Yang Zekai in the name of "Brother Wenchuan".
The child's family thanked Zhang Zili and his teammates again and again. Zhang Zili said: "When I was 6 years old, I experienced the Wenchuan earthquake. At that time, my house collapsed. It was the People's Liberation Army and firefighters who came to rescue us. The tent was set up and the daily necessities were delivered. I always remember it very clearly, and I am especially grateful to them. Over the years, it is probably that kind of strength that has prompted me to grow up and become a firefighter! Maybe one day in the future, Kai Ozawa will also Would like to be a firefighter!"
When Zhang Zili and his teammates left in the car, looking at the houses and roads on both sides of the car window, they were quite moved: "Now that the road has been repaired, the houses on the roadside are also being rebuilt. I believe everyone's life will get better and better." !"