179 hours, another miracle of life
According to CCTV reports, at 1 o'clock in the morning on May 20, another man was rescued by the Shanghai Fire Brigade. His name was Ma Yuanjiang is the deputy director of the power generation department of Sichuan Yingxiuwan Hydropower Plant and a native of Beichuan. At this time, it had been 179 hours since the earthquake occurred.
The report said:
"In the early hours of this morning, the rescue team rescued him from the rubble and sent him to the first aid station of the Third Military Medical University in Yingxiu Bay. Medical staff guarded him all night By his side. At six or seven o'clock in the morning, he had already eaten porridge. When he was down there, his hands and head were pressed together. He didn't drink a drop of water these days, and the rain didn't come. The doctor said that it was a miracle of life that he could survive.
The nurse asked him how he persisted. He said that the person buried with him was the female colleague who was rescued last night, and they said to each other. Communicate, encourage each other, don’t let yourself sleep, and survive like this.”
When the earthquake happened, Ma Yuanjiang was on the second floor of the 8-story office building. The earthquake caused the office building to collapse, and Ma Yuanjiang was buried in the rubble. At 8 a.m. on the 19th, rescue volunteers discovered that Ma Yuanjiang was buried and immediately reported it to the emergency rescue team of the Shanghai Fire Corps, which organized the rescue there. The rescue team rushed to the scene immediately to perform rescue operations.
Due to the thick and solid building columns and floor slabs, the rescue work was quite difficult. In order to ensure the safety of Ma Yuanjiang and prevent secondary injuries due to rescue, the Shanghai Public Security Fire Emergency Rescue Team used advanced rescue equipment such as pneumatic picks and hydraulic clamps to brave the risk of stench and aftershocks and go deeper bit by bit, centimeter by centimeter. advancement. The local temperature is sweltering during the day, and the firefighting officers and soldiers continue to fight in a small space that can only accommodate most of their bodies, which consumes a lot of energy. Despite the huge difficulty, the officers and soldiers of the Shanghai Fire Brigade did not abandon or give up. After hundreds of defense changes and internal attacks, they finally penetrated more than ten blocks of concrete, dug nearly 10 meters of cement and steel channels, and finally rescued the trapped persons safely. .
Eleven hours passed, and the rescue operation continued until around 21:00 on the evening of the 19th, when the rescue team finally saw and touched Ma Yuanjiang. Seven days after being buried in the ruins, Ma Yuanjiang was still conscious. Before being able to rescue him from the ruins, he voluntarily drank the nutritional water given by the rescue team. After being rescued, Ma Yuanjiang also clearly stated his name, place of origin and contact number of his relatives to the on-site commander. After a brief examination and care by medical staff on site, the patients were transported to the earthquake relief medical aid station by officers and soldiers.
During the rescue process, when they learned that Ma Yuanjiang was about to be rescued, all the disaster relief soldiers, civilians, and reporters stationed in Yingxiu Town gathered beside the ruins to wait for the good news. When Ma Yuanjiang was rescued, everyone present cheered and applauded involuntarily and sincerely praised the Shanghai fire officers and soldiers.
Xinhuanet previously reported that a 90-year-old woman who had been buried for more than 90 hours was successfully rescued.
The appearance of miracles of life one after another made the clay figures very moved and admired.