Chapter 42 them

This is something I only found out later. At 14:28 on May 12, an earthquake of magnitude 8 occurred in Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province.Affected by the Wenchuan Earthquake, the straight-line distance from Wenchuan is about 30 kilometers. The magnitude of the earthquake in Yinchanggou, a famous scenic spot in Sichuan, located in Longmenshan Town (formerly Baishuihe Town) in Pengzhou City, Sichuan Province, reached magnitude 7.6. collapse.Building C where I lived was close to the river. The building collapsed toward the river. Most of the steel bars in the concrete pillars were broken. Most of the fourth floor where I lived was hanging above the valley. I was buried in the ruins and could not move.

Yi Yanduan, who works in Shifang Shifang Today newspaper, rushed to the front line of rescue immediately after the earthquake, searched and rescued the survivors with his colleagues, interviewed those rescuers, and helped bury the victims... …His hometown is in Pengzhou City, Sichuan Province, which, like Shifang City, was the hardest hit by the earthquake.His own house was open, and his father's house, his brother's house, two younger brothers' houses and his aunt's house also collapsed in the earthquake.Several of his relatives and friends were killed in the earthquake, and more than a dozen were injured in the earthquake, some of them were seriously injured, but he had no time to take care of them.

On the night of May 13th, Yi Yanduan learned from the people who escaped from the villa that I was buried in the ruins! Before that, he had been calling my phone number, but because the communication was cut off immediately after the local earthquake, he couldn't get in touch at all.That night, it rained heavily, and Yinchanggou, the hardest-hit area, had been strictly controlled, and people and vehicles were only allowed to leave and not to enter.The road to Yinchanggou was also blocked in many places due to severe mudslide disasters. The road from Longmenshan Town (Baishui River) to Xinhai Villa almost collapsed along the mountain road. Rescue work has brought great difficulties.At this time, it has been 58 hours since I was buried!He felt that every minute and every second was threatening my life, and his heart was suffering!

At 6 o'clock in the morning on May 14th, after Yi Yanduan got off work all night, he had no time to wash his face, so he borrowed a "Flair" car from a friend and hurried to Xinhai Villa.At a reception point in front of the Pengzhou Municipal Government, he told the staff that there was a writer who was trapped in Yinchanggou and urgently needed his rescue. They immediately sent him a "Government Rescue Vehicle" special pass. On the way to Yinchanggou, Yi Yanduan met a volunteer surnamed Xi from Chengdu. When he learned that he was going to rescue someone, he offered to rescue me with Yi Yanduan.When they arrived at the Xiaoyudong Bridge, the bridge collapsed and the road was broken. Armed police officers and soldiers temporarily opened a sidewalk from the river. The chassis of the "Flair" type of car was too low, and they were afraid that they would hinder the passage of other rescue vehicles if they could not pass the river.Later, with the help of a comrade in arms, Yi Yanduan drove down the river and arrived at Longmenshan Town smoothly.

It is only 12 kilometers from Longmenshan Town to Xinhai Mountain Villa. Because the roads inside have collapsed in many places, the bridges have broken, and large rocks have been rolling down the mountain. The soldiers guarding the pass do not allow outsiders to enter.Yi Yanduan and Xiaoxi had no choice but to abandon the car and cross the river, using both hands and feet, risking being hit by flying rocks or falling into mudslides at any time, and rushed to Xinhai Villa on foot for nearly six hours.At this time, it was past six o'clock in the evening. After they arrived at Xinhai Mountain Villa, Yi Yanduan and Xiao Xi tied their waists with cables, risked their lives, and crawled headfirst into the sky under several collapsed cement slabs that were constantly shaking in the aftershocks. Hammer and their own hands rescued me, they wanted to get me some water to drink first...

After two o'clock that night, exhausted, they stopped in a simple shed built by the roadside, planning to sleep there.The night is so terrible, everywhere is full of the breath of death.To prevent accidents, they lit a bonfire nearby.However, the accident still happened!Not long after they fell asleep, several hungry dogs from the mountain village rushed into their shed with bloody mouths, trying to fill their bellies with Yi Yanduan and Xiaoxi!They fought with the hungry dog... Must move place!Yi Yanduan and Xiao Xi hurried down the hillside.They searched and found a temporary tent, and they got into it and fell asleep.When he woke up the next morning, Yi Yanduan found a person lying there, and that person was motionless.Yi Yanduan yelled a few times, but the lying man didn't answer him, Yi Yanduan walked over, knelt down and pushed the man, but the man remained indifferent.Only then did Yi Yanduan realize that he was a dead man.It was the eldest son of an old lady named Mo, who died in the earthquake. Most of the living people in the village fled to the city for their lives, and no one helped him with his funeral.With tears in his eyes, Yi Yanduan and Xiao Xi, as well as a few elderly people who hadn't left in the village, helped her bury her son.Since the earthquake, Yi Yanduan's eyes have been filled with tears. Those tragic scenes made this kind man worry!After he heard that I was buried, he just wanted to save me, he thought, he couldn’t let me be there alone... He hadn’t cried since his mother died, but when he came to save me, he cried several times.Later he said to me like this: "You are my comrade-in-arms, you are my brother, you are here for me, I can't leave you alone...I can't leave you alone, even if you die there! Otherwise, my heart will die forever Ann, I have no face to see people..."

Soon after dawn, Yi Yanduan, who was waiting by the side of the road, boldly stopped Lin Jie, the deputy commander of the Chengdu Air Force who was rushing towards the outer mountains, and reported my danger to his accompanying officers, asking them to find a way to rescue me.The officer told him that they were on an important mission and could not stay, and that a large force of more than 4,000 people would arrive soon.At about nine o'clock, an air force came in from the mountain, Yi Yanduan stopped them immediately, explained the situation and the instructions of Deputy Commander Lin, and asked them to save me.They agreed...

... After Yi Yanduan said goodbye to me on the landing pad of Yinchanggou Mountain Gate, he walked to Longmenshan Town after ten o'clock in the evening. It took five and a half hours, and the soles of his feet were covered with blood blisters.In order to save me, he suffered multiple soft tissue bruises on his body, and the toenail on his right foot was about to fall off... Later, I found out that the volunteer surnamed Xi was named Xi Shengwei, and he was the driver of Sichuan Tobacco Industry Co., Ltd., Sichuan Tobacco Industry Co., Ltd. Sanlian Tobacco Material Co., Ltd. In the early morning of May 13, after the strong earthquake, Xi Shengwei's family living in Chengdu was safe and sound.Xi Shengwei came to the company early as usual.The report about the Wenchuan Earthquake on the radio rang in Xi Shengwei's ears over and over again. He couldn't sit still, thinking about what to do for the disaster area.After hearing the news of the serious disaster in Yinchanggou in his hometown of Pengzhou, Xi Shengwei's heart tightened even more. On May 14th, the aftershock and the alarm did not go away, and the company took a temporary holiday to ensure the safety of employees.Xi Shengwei decided to leave immediately for Yinchanggou. At that time, his wife was about to give birth... After I was rescued, he left quietly. He found more than fifty villagers trapped in one place.He rushed to Xiejiaping alone to find the rescue team.Xi Shengwei found a field force, he immediately told the leader of the trapped villagers, and led the way back to the scene of the incident, rescued more than 50 trapped villagers...

They move me. In this tragic earthquake, besides the People's Liberation Army, how many "they" like Yi Yanduan and Xi Shengwei risked their lives to practice the humanitarian spirit? "They" are so ordinary, but they are real heroes!