China News Agency, Seoul, August 17th: Korean media praised the Chinese uncle: saving people in the heavy rain in Seoul but self-deprecating "not a hero"

　　China News Agency reporter Liu Xu

　　On the 8th local time, a heavy rainstorm hit the capital area of ​​South Korea.

That night, Chinese man Lin Chengkui tore down the security window in the semi-basement with his bare hands and rescued the old couple trapped inside. He was called "civilian hero" by the Korean media.

But in an interview with a reporter from China News Agency recently, the Chinese uncle said again and again: "There is no hero who is not a hero, and I have never felt that I am a hero."

　　Lin Chengkui, 64 years old this year, came to South Korea from Changchun, China in 2015, and moved to a two-story apartment in Sangdo-dong, Dongjak District, Seoul in 2021.

This small building also has a basement and a half, and the landlord lives in a total of five families. Lin Chengkui lives on the second floor.

Lin Chengkui recounted the scene of saving people in the heavy rain on the evening of the 8th.

Photo by Liu Xu

　　According to statistics from the Central Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters in South Korea on the 14th local time, the torrential rain on the 8th has caused 14 deaths, 6 missing and 26 injured.

　　"It started raining very early on the 8th. I read the news that Dongjak District should be one of the places with the heaviest rainfall. I have been in Korea for several years, and I have never seen such heavy rain in Seoul." Lin Chengkui still had lingering fears about what happened a week ago.

"When it was almost ten o'clock that night, I lay down and was ready to go to bed. The old lady of the landlord came and knocked on the door and said to me: The semi-basement is flooded, and the old couple can't get out. I quickly put on my clothes and went out and went downstairs. ."

　　Lin Chengkui recalled that when he came to the yard on the first floor, "the water on the ground had reached his thighs, and the road outside the house was also full of water. I saw the water began to flow into the semi-basement." Lin Chengkui first walked to the house At the entrance door of the side and half basement, it was found that it was blocked by water pressure, and the entrance door could not be opened from the outside.

"I quickly went back to the window and pulled down the security window outside with all my strength. As soon as I opened the sliding window, water began to pour in. The circuit was tripped because of the rain. It was pitch dark. I didn't even think about it, so I jumped in from the half-basement window to save people."

Flooded semi-basement room.

Photo by Liu Xu

　　According to Lin Chengkui and the landlord, Ms. Jin, living in the semi-basement is an elderly Korean couple, both of whom are over 80 years old.

"The old man is paraplegic and can't move below the chest. The old lady may have a slight disability in her legs, and walking is not very convenient." Lin Chengkui said that the water level in the semi-basement was rising rapidly at that time, "When I went in, the water was already empty. Over the knee. Because the paralyzed old man is relatively light in weight, I first carried him out of the window, and the landlord responded. Then I climbed out and dragged the old lady out of the house with the landlord. That night, the old couple Live in the landlord's house on the first floor."

　　Lin Chengkui is of medium height and a thin body. In his own words, "I am fairly strong, but I have lost a lot of teeth, and my speech is a little leaky."

"I was born in 1958, and I'm in my 60s now, but the landlord and the old couple in the semi-basement are both over 80. We usually get along pretty well. They are still younger than me in this building." Lin Chengkui said with a smile, "I didn't expect to be able to pull down the security window (with my bare hands).

　　"I was not afraid at the time. After I settled them down, I found that my clothes were all wet. I went home and took a shower and fell asleep." Lin Chengkui said that he did not take this rescue too seriously, and even I didn't talk about it with my wife at home.

"It was the old lady who thanked me the most. Whether it was with the neighbors or with the firefighters, everyone said that it was thanks to the Chinese upstairs who rescued her, otherwise she and her wife would have been trapped in the house."

　　In fact, the gratitude of the rescued is not an exaggeration, because right next door to their apartment, a woman trapped in a semi-basement drowned.

"It was only the next day that I found out about this, and I felt very sad! At that time, we didn't even know that there were still people trapped there. If we knew, we would definitely save it." Lin Chengkui also sighed.

　　Lin Chengkui's deeds later attracted the attention of the Korean media, and mainstream newspapers came to the home to interview, "and took a photo", "Deng Qiong, the consular counselor of the embassy, ​​also called and said that he wanted to come to the home to see me."

Speaking of some netizens calling him a "hero" in the comment section of a Korean news website, Lin Chengkui waved his hand and said, "I really don't think this is a great thing, let alone a hero, in that case, it is impossible for anyone to do so. It's not a big deal." After this "hero story", Lin Chengkui continued to live a peaceful life, "What should I do, it's really not a big deal, anyone else would do it. "(Finish)