Chapter 13 One or two heroes touched China——Memory of Meng Xiangbin, the second national moral model

Biography of Meng Xiangbin: from Qihe, Shandong. Born in April 1979, he joined the army in December 1997. He has successively served as a soldier, squad leader, student, district leader, and staff officer. Joined the Communist Party of China in June 2002.During his lifetime, he was the confidential staff officer of a certain brigade of the Second Artillery Corps, with the rank of lieutenant. On November 30, 2007, Meng Xiangbin was only 28 years old when he sacrificed his life to save a young woman who jumped into the river.A certain unit of the Second Artillery Corps posthumously awarded Meng Xiangbin the title of "Revolutionary Martyr". At the beginning of 2008, Meng Xiangbin was named "Moving China 2007 Person of the Year". In May 2009, he was awarded the honorary title of "Model Military Officer Who Sacrifices Himself to Save Others", and in September 2009 was named "National Moral Model".

What makes hundreds of millions of people remember your deeds and spirit forever; what makes your name proclaimed everywhere in China? Meng Xiangbin, the former confidential staff officer of a brigade of the Second Artillery Corps who was named the second "National Moral Model", answered with his life. The astonishing feat of jumping from a ten-meter high bridge explained the beauty of human nature and made people feel the infinite power of morality. As Si said: "It is you who face disasters and death with awe-inspiring righteousness, overcome difficulties, and leave peace and vitality to others; it is you who are not afraid of bloodshed and sacrifice, and have no hesitation, reflecting the noble sentiments of the supremacy of the people."

"I heard that Shuangxi Spring is good, and I plan to go on a light boat. I'm afraid that a light boat in Shuangxi will not be able to carry many worries." Li Qingzhao, a female poet in the Song Dynasty, wrote "Wuling Spring", which has been sung for hundreds of years.Today, in Wucheng, where the "Shuangxi" meets, the name of a hero is also being sung. On November 30, 2007, Meng Xiangbin jumped from the South Bridge in Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, and his 28-year-old life turned into a gorgeous rainbow.From that moment on, from Jinhua to Qihe in Shandong and then to Beijing, from the elderly to toddlers, people shed tears in different ways to worship heroes, comfort heroes with love, and learn from heroes with devotion. Spring rain nourishes people's hearts.He drove away the cold of this winter with the burning touch of life.

In September 2009, the second "National Moral Model" selection activity was announced. Meng Xiangbin was elected with a high number of votes. His handsome portrait and heroic feats were spread all over China through the screen again, bringing people's thoughts back to the unforgettable winter and Jinhua City. south bridge... On November 30, 2007, in the ancient city of Nanguo, the peaceful Wujiang River was filled with memories of thousands of years.The continuous drizzle finally came out of people's field of vision, and Dongri opened a smiling face in the clear sky of Wucheng, caressing the ancient city gently.The Wujiang River passing through the city is as calm as usual, surrounding the city like a khata, caring for the kind-hearted children of Wucheng.As the cold wind blows, ripples are blown on the river surface. On the Chengnan Bridge across the north and south of the Wujiang River, there are vehicles and people rushing through.

The Cherry Blossom Park at the bridgehead in the south of the city is a frequent place for Jinhua citizens to go for leisure and play.Although it was Friday, the constant flow of people added a bit of vitality to the park. Old people were playing chess and chatting, lovers were whispering, and children were running and playing.In a corner of the park, Meng Xiangbin’s family of three is also enjoying the sweetness in the warmth, wandering in the green grass, listening to the gurgling sound of the Wujiang River, her daughter Shiyan is holding her father’s hand and running non-stop. Can catch bugs, smell the fragrance of flowers for a while, and the constant laughter drives away the cold of winter.Xiao Shiyan is only 3 years old. She already knows that she hasn't held her father's hand for a long time. Her mother always told her "Daddy is too busy". Big callused hands.The father's hands always touched the daughter's red face from time to time, and the slightly warm body temperature was transmitted to Xiao Shiyan's body like a trace of kindness.

For the Meng Xiangbin family, the happiness of reunion has been waiting for too long.After Meng Xiangbin's unit performed a launch drill that lasted more than two months, it was also assessed by the headquarters' combat capability. Not only was his wife Ye Qinghua not able to visit relatives in the unit, she even had little time to get through the phone.She had no choice but to take her daughter to stay in her hometown in Yiyang, Jiangxi, counting the days with her fingers, drawing a red circle on the calendar every day that passed, and looking forward to the early arrival of the time to meet.

After being married for several years, Meng Xiangbin is always like a charging soldier, busy at work non-stop.There have been dissatisfaction and complaints, but most of them are understanding. Ye Qinghua is clear about the responsibilities of being a military wife and understands the principles of family, country and world. Shiyan was happy: "I'll see Dad soon, and Dad bought you a lot of delicious food." After the mission was over, the troops adjusted their time to rest. Meng Xiangbin, who had not seen his wife and daughter for several months, had no time to wash away the smoke from his body, so he made a promise to his wife Ye Qinghua who was far away: when the troops were on vacation, they would take them to Jinhua City. Going to the park, visiting the supermarket, eating KFC, and buying a pair of red boots for my daughter for the winter.

On the evening of November 29, Ye Qinghua rushed to the army with his daughter, and the family of three got together to enjoy the rare family fun.The next morning, Meng Xiangbin and his wife, who got up early, dressed their daughter up beautifully. The family walked out of the military camp on the outskirts of the city holding hands, and went shopping in the city center.After shopping in the mall, going to the supermarket, and walking out of the streets and alleys, the most urgent thing for Meng Xiangbin is to buy a pair of red boots for his daughter. He compares and compares, looks and looks, always trying to find the cheapest and best pair.Meng Xiangbin was born in a small mountain village in Qihe, Shandong. His poor family background allowed him to develop a frugal habit since he was a child, and it has not changed until now. Except for the daily living expenses of 200 yuan per month, the rest is sent to his wife as a subsidy household.

After shopping for several hours, Meng Xiangbin did not find his favorite red boots, so he took his wife and daughter to the Cherry Blossom Park by the Wujiang River.Strolling along the banks of the Wujiang River, the wind from the Sister River brought the chill of early winter, but the laughter on the faces of Meng Xiangbin's family could not be blown away. They enjoyed the endless sweetness after reuniting after a long absence. "Help someone! Someone jumped into the river!" At around 11:20, Meng Xiangbin's nerves were instantly tensed by a shout. The wife and daughter shouted anxiously, "Xiangbin, what are you doing?" "Daddy, wait for me!"

On Chengnan Bridge, a young woman who was troubled by love lost her mobile phone angrily after having a heated argument with her boyfriend on the phone, and jumped into the river to commit suicide. At this time, people and vehicles were constantly flowing on the bridge, and after a while, many citizens gathered on the bridge.Everyone stared at Jiang Mian and pointed, talking a lot, some called for help, some dialed 110 to call the police, and some tried to find her relatives and friends for help from the mobile phone thrown away by the woman who committed suicide. Although he was dressed in casual clothes, Meng Xiangbin, like a brave soldier who heard the horn of charge, took off his jacket and rushed towards the center of the bridge where the crowd gathered.There is no better husband than a wife. Ye Qinghua knows Meng Xiangbin's character well and knows what he wants to do, because in the past few years from acquaintance to marriage, Meng Xiangbin has done too many things in the street to catch thieves and help the poor.Ye Qinghua didn't stop him, quickly picked up his daughter, followed closely behind him and loudly persuaded: "This bridge is too high and dangerous, you'd better go down from the shore!"

"It's too late, it's important to save people!" Meng Xiangbin said while throwing his jacket, jacket and shoes to his wife. He didn't even have time to take off his sweater and jeans, and rushed to the bridge through the crowd. "Young man, it's so high and dangerous, can you do it?" Ms. Xu Huihua, a citizen, grabbed Meng Xiangbin's sweater and asked with concern.The citizens around him all admired this young man's courage, but they were even more worried about him.Early winter is the dry season of the Wujiang River. The water surface is 10 meters above the bridge deck, and the water level is very low. The danger of jumping into the river at such a high place to save people is obvious. "I can do it, I can do it!" Meng Xiangbin said firmly, before he had time to explain further, he jumped onto the bridge railing and flew down like a swallow.An arc crossed people's sight like a shooting star, piercing into the icy Wujiang River in an instant, splashing several meters high waves on the water surface. The scene was thrilling, the watching crowd was stunned, the air seemed to freeze in an instant, and the sudden silence made the city feel suffocated.The heavy traffic disappeared from people's sight. In their eyes and hearts, there was only this strong man who jumped into the river to save lives. Luo Shengjiao, who rescued people from the ice hole, and Zhang Hua, who rescued the old man from the cesspit, these familiar heroes are just symbols in everyone's hearts, a feat of "man-made but not self-made".Scenes that have only been seen in movies or described in books appeared in their sights. It was the first time that people witnessed such a heroic feat of self-sacrificing and saving lives.Soon, the people who came back to their senses were shouting, screaming, and running, and their hearts were touched and shocked. A burst of noise suddenly drove away the tranquility of the Wujiang River, and people looked at the river anxiously.Among the crowd, some people anxiously called the police, some contacted the emergency center, and some used their mobile phones to record the moment of this shocking feat... The wind gently brushed across the river, and the waves in the water drew concentric circles one after another, indicating the focus of gaze for people.One second, two seconds, three seconds... People waited with bated breath, and some people had tears in their eyes. The inexperienced little Shiyan still didn't know what was going on, and stared blankly at everyone around her.Ye Qinghua lay on the bridge railing and shouted loudly: "Meng Xiangbin, Meng Xiangbin..." Every cry hit people's hearts. About ten seconds later, Meng Xiangbin surfaced from the bottom of the river more than 3 meters deep.People's hanging hearts fell.No one on the shore could really understand Meng Xiangbin's feelings at the impact of the impact at a height of ten meters and the stimulation of the icy cold water, but every difficult movement of Meng Xiangbin grabbed everyone's hearts.He quickly found the sinking young woman, grabbed her clothes and swam to the shore with difficulty.Both he and the young woman were wearing heavy sweaters and trousers. One could imagine how heavy the clothes would be if they were saturated with water. Meng Xiangbin had to exert great physical strength every time he swung his arms.He tried his best to support the young girl and swam to the shore... The wide river surface and the biting river water are a great challenge to the human body and perseverance.Although Meng Xiangbin, who was born in Qilu, has always been in good physical fitness, the near-freezing river water quickly absorbed his body heat, rapidly consuming his physical energy, and it was extremely difficult for Meng Xiangbin to move forward every meter.Swimming about 10 meters forward, Meng Xiangbin's physical strength was severely overdrawn, and his body was up and down in the river water, appearing and disappearing from time to time. He lifted the young woman out of the water time and time again, and sank into the water again and again.When he struggled to surface again, he shouted loudly to the people on the bridge and the shore: "I can't do it, someone help me..." He and the young woman sank into the water again.Gradually, the chances of people seeing Meng Xiangbin became less and less. In the last few times, they only saw the young woman's hair floating, but they never saw Meng Xiangbin's head sticking out of the water. "Help people, save people!" The shouts from the bridge and the shore spread to the dock of Jiangfeng Water Tour Company not far away, and a motor speedboat came through the waves.Just as the speedboat was approaching, Meng Xiangbin, who stood up from the water again, tried his last strength to push the suicidal girl out of the water, and pushed her hard towards the speedboat, but he himself sank into the river again.The people on the speedboat rescued the suicidal girl and sailed to the river bank.Anxious people on the bridge shouted: "Hurry up, there is another person, and a rescue hero." Even though they were hoarse, they were still drowned by the roar of the machine. The ambulance arrived, and the young girl who committed suicide was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment.After hearing the news, the police officers rushed to organize motorboats and three fishing boats to sail to the river where the incident occurred to search and rescue, and the rescue operation started immediately. On the Chengnan Bridge, among the bustling crowd, everyone anxiously waited for Meng Xiangbin to surface. An ominous premonition swam in people's hearts, and everyone felt a kind of needle-pricked heartache.At this moment, Ye Qinghua was most worried. She watched her husband jump off such a high bridge, watched her husband's figure appear and disappear in the water, and watched her husband finally disappear in the rapids. of water.She was anxious, her heart was broken, and she felt lonely and helpless. Ye Qinghua sat on the ground with weak legs, shaking Meng Xiangbin's clothes vigorously.He took out Meng Xiangbin's military ID card, and shouted hoarsely to the people: "Help my husband, he is a soldier, please save him!" Ye Qinghua couldn't believe his eyes, the husband who was talking and laughing with him just now sank into the river and disappeared.When a wife sees her husband slowly sinking in front of her until she leaves, what kind of pain is that?Ye Qinghua hugged her daughter and cried bitterly: "Daddy is gone, daddy is gone..." 3-year-old Xiao Shiyan didn't know the meaning of death, but the sudden situation scared her to cry loudly, holding her father's shoes Shout: "Where's Dad? Where's Dad?" The three fishing boats lined up, cast down search and rescue nets for a blanket search, over and over again, searching back and forth on the river.Time passed by, and there was still no sign of Meng Xiangbin on the river. Officers and soldiers from the army where Meng Xiangbin was in came, more and more citizens came, and reporters from the city TV station also came. Unwilling to blink, they were waiting for a miracle to happen. Every second of time passed, people's hearts felt pain like a knife; every time the search and rescue personnel returned without success, everyone felt more lost. At 13:40, after more than two hours of search and rescue, Meng Xiangbin was finally salvaged ashore. It was still the same clothes and the same pair of trousers, but Meng Xiangbin, who was walking like flying just now, was already unconscious, his face was pale, and his whole body was icy cold.The grief-stricken comrades rushed forward, hugged his wet body tightly, and called his name over and over again: "Old Meng, Lao Meng, wake up, wake up!" Body temperature can warm Meng Xiangbin's stiff body, hoping to call back his dear comrades with familiar shouts. Several soldiers carried Meng Xiangbin and shouted loudly: "Scatter, scatter!" The crowd quickly stepped aside, and the ambulance roared to the nearby traditional Chinese medicine hospital. The busy Wujiang River gradually regained its calm, and it seemed unaware of the earth-shattering scene that happened just now.Citizens and officers and soldiers on the Chengnan Bridge hurried to the hospital of traditional Chinese medicine without thinking about eating. They wanted to keep a close watch on the hero, and they wanted to hear the news of the hero's safety as soon as possible.Some silently closed their eyes and prayed for Meng Xiangbin, some rubbed their hands anxiously, and some smoked one after another. In the emergency room with flashing red lights, all the best doctors and nurses of the hospital gathered here, and all the most advanced rescue equipment was moved in place. Everyone tried their best to rescue the hero.The comrades vigorously rubbed Meng Xiangbin's icy limbs, the medical staff stared at the monitor, and kept shocking and squeezing Meng Xiangbin's chest with both hands. Several citizens turned their faces away again and again to secretly wipe their tears.After using all available drugs and means, at 15:03, the doctor shook his head helplessly and announced the unacceptable news: Meng Xiangbin left forever! In fact, at the moment Meng Xiangbin was carried into the emergency room, everyone knew that the possibility of survival was almost zero, but more than a dozen doctors, nurses and army officers and soldiers still fought hard for more than 80 minutes. They saw Meng Xiangbin from a height of ten meters. The feat of jumping into the river to save people is also looking forward to seeing the miracle of his resurrection, even if there is only a one-hundredth of a millionth hope. The comrades-in-arms cried, the doctors and nurses cried, the citizens present also cried, and the city also cried... Heartbroken, unacceptable heartbreak, a young nurse hid her face and ran into the flower bed, plucked a flower Flowers, placed on Meng Xiangbin's chest.Regardless of doctors, nurses, or soldiers and civilians, everyone spontaneously took off their hats, gloves, and masks, and silently prayed for the heroes with tears. The news of the hero's sacrifice quickly spread throughout the streets and alleys, and the sky above the city was filled with sadness. While Meng Xiangbin was being sent to the hospital for emergency treatment, Ye Qinghua, who was overwhelmed with grief and fainted several times, was also sent to the army guest house to recuperate. She would call anxiously almost every two minutes to ask, "How is Xiangbin?" After waiting for years, when the officers and soldiers picked her up and went to the hospital, Ye Qinghua sensed an ominous sign from everyone's serious expressions. She didn't dare to ask or think about it, but kept urging the driver to drive faster. faster. We got together for less than 20 hours, and the yin and yang were separated in a blink of an eye.Looking at her husband's icy body, Ye Qinghua's last glimmer of hope was shattered.She suddenly broke away from the supporter and rushed towards Meng Xiangbin's body. She kept stroking the familiar but already cold face, and kept calling: "Meng Xiangbin, wake up, don't leave us behind. What to do with Shiyan, Meng Xiangbin, wake up..." The miserable cries echoed in the empty mortuary, pulling everyone's hearts as if they were about to wring out drops of blood.This place, which is usually daunting, is so yearning at this moment, because here lies their relatives, their brothers, and the good son of the people.The hoarse cry gradually became low, and the tears drowned the sadness. Everyone helped Ye Qinghua, who had fainted for several times, and wanted to take her out of here. He said that he suffered from severe vasculitis three years ago, and he didn't dare to touch cold water for several years. He didn't expect to walk in the icy river in the end, and his illness should be repeated..." On the ten-meter-high bridge, Meng Xiangbin used his life to measure the height of morality. In the tearful eyes of the citizens, the astonishing arc has turned into a brilliant rainbow in the soul. Scholars have a hundred practices, with virtue as the first.Meng Xiangbin's astonishing jump, like a gorgeous rainbow, marked the track of his selfless dedication in the army for ten years, and also marked the track of a hero's life.This ancient but vibrant city, among the rushing crowds, has the same name, telling the legendary stories in his short life. After Meng Xiangbin's death, from his hometown in Qihe, Shandong thousands of miles away to the ancient city of Wujiang, his second hometown, from classmates who have been classmates for several years to comrades-in-arms who have been with him day and night, his thoughts flowed thousands of miles like a rushing river, and those ordinary but shining moments became Immortal legends this winter. Meng Xiangbin is handsome, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, high nose, and wide mouth inlaid on a square face, which is almost perfect.Among the acquaintances, everyone has a common feeling: his heart is as beautiful as his appearance. "Xiangbin has been very sensible since he was a child, and his academic performance is particularly good. His parents love him the most." Meng Xia, Meng Xiangbin's sister, saw the bundles of books in the relics, and couldn't help crying like rain. Seeing things and thinking about others, Meng Xiangbin's obstinacy that he could not eat three meals and sleep at five o'clock in order to study was tossing in her mind. Meng Xiangbin’s hometown is in a remote mountain village. The illiterate father and illiterate mother have suffered from the lack of education. They often use the most simple words to encourage Meng Xiangbin to study hard: “I don’t have any ink in my stomach. Walking in the dark night without lights." Although the countryside is very bitter and there is a lot of farm work, the whole family seldom let Meng Xiangbin touch their hands, and try to make time for him to study.Under the influence of such an environment, no matter at school or at home, Meng Xiangbin always holds a book in his hand except eating and sleeping. His academic performance from elementary school to high school has always been among the best, so he has always been the class monitor. "Why don't men wear Wu hooks and collect the fifty states of Guanshan", "How generous is the ambition, how powerful is the ambition", these poems that can make people's blood boil, Meng Xiangbin could recite them back and forth when he was in high school.He wrote in his diary: "I dream of wearing a green military uniform. I am definitely not chasing trends. It is just that there is a passion in my heart that is hitting me, and there is a strong desire that needs to be realized." After the college entrance examination in 1997, Meng Xiangbin, who struggled on the "single-plank bridge" all the way, was admitted to the Dezhou Bilingual Technical School with excellent results.When the notice was sent to this remote village, the neighbors in the village came to congratulate him one after another. When everyone was celebrating that he had jumped out of the "farm gate", Meng Xiangbin made a decision that surprised everyone: to join the army and go to the army to enter the university. With goals, there is power in life.Meng Xiangbin was admitted to the Lanzhou Branch of the Electronic Technology College of the PLA Information Engineering University with honors in his second year in the army.This is a crucial step in achieving a leap in life. Meng Xiangbin has suffered and suffered beyond imagination.This is the most impressive thing for Wang Changrui, a comrade-in-arms who joined the army and was admitted to the military academy together with him.In order to prepare for the military school exam, Meng Xiangbin copied all the key points of knowledge on a small piece of paper, and took it out to study whenever he had time, even if it was just a minute or two.Once, the army organized a camping training. After tens of kilometers of marching on foot, everyone fell asleep next to the bed, but Meng Xiangbin hid in the bathroom alone and read a book. Back to the dormitory, it was already past three o'clock in the morning. Meng Xiangbin's major is highly theoretical and requires a good foundation in mathematics.This is undoubtedly a high mountain for Meng Xiangbin, who comes from the army and has a relatively weak foundation.However, this high mountain was eventually stepped on by Meng Xiangbin who never gave up. The overall evaluation results of "Advanced Mathematics", "Engineering Mathematics", "Digital Circuit" and other courses all achieved good results.Li Min, an associate professor of the Second Artillery Engineering College, was most impressed by Meng Xiangbin's "desperate Saburo" spirit. When doing his graduation project, Meng Xiangbin chose a difficulty - "Research and Design of Military Network Information Security System".Li Min advised him to change his research direction to ensure a smooth graduation.But Meng Xiangbin said that the graduation project is the final summary and refinement of his two years of study; if he does not take it seriously, he will not only be sorry for his two years, his family, but also the army who sent him to the academy!In this way, after half a year of struggle, Meng Xiangbin finally successfully passed the graduation project defense. The teacher's favorite is always a student who is eager to learn and make progress.Li Min, an associate professor, and Meng Xiangbin, a student who was upgraded to a junior college, forged a deep teacher-student friendship in this way.Associate Professor Li said: "Among the students I have taught, Meng Xiangbin is not very smart and well-educated, but he is the most diligent and assiduous one! He is the one who listens to the class most seriously and asks the most questions. He is the one who finishes his homework the best! But now... I must go to the army where he was alive and present him with the most beautiful bouquet of flowers..." Knowledgeable people do not necessarily have courage, and not all wise people become brave, but Meng Xiangbin is a wise man, and even more so.In his life dictionary, there is no cowardice and fear.In his short life, being brave has been sublimated into a duty in countless practices. One day in October 2002, Meng Xiangbin went shopping with his comrades. In the bustling crowd, Meng Xiangbin suddenly saw a thief stealing a middle-aged woman's mobile phone. He rushed forward and grabbed the thief's hand: "Hand over your phone, or I'll send you to the police station immediately!" The people around were stunned when they saw the situation at that time, and the comrade-in-arms asked him afterwards: "Aren't you afraid that there are gangs of thieves hacking people in this place?" Meng Xiangbin blurted out: "Who thought so much at the time, besides, the evil does not overpower the good!" Acts of righteousness come from self-awareness, and courage comes from righteousness.In the face of injustice, Meng Xiangbin always rushed forward instinctively, and in the face of the weak, he always extended a helping hand at the first time.After hearing the news of Meng Xiangbin's sacrifice, Yan Gongjun, the student leader of the Second Artillery Engineering College, made a special long-distance call and talked about Meng Xiangbin's "benevolent act" with tears. On the evening of April 21, 2006, Yan Gongjun received a call for help from a female student Li Lei: when she and Sui Yuanyuan returned to the team by taxi, the driver saw that they were two young women, so he raised the price all over the place, and refused to let them go.After learning about the situation, Captain Yan was going to take people to "rescue", and Meng Xiangbin immediately volunteered: "I'll go!" The two rushed to the scene of the incident in a military vehicle. Before the vehicle stopped, Meng Xiangbin jumped out of the vehicle and rushed to Seeing this, the driver of the taxi pushed the two out of the car door and accelerated the gas and fled. A brave man is fearless, if he can be accompanied by love, he will forge a chivalrous heart.Ye Qinghua looked at Meng Xiangbin's portrait, stroked his daughter Shiyan's hair and said, "When you grow up, you should learn from your father and learn to help others." The memory will never be erased. Meng Xiangbin has participated in voluntary blood donation many times, and only has 3 blood donation certificates. He often mobilizes his family members to join the ranks of voluntary blood donation. He often jokes with his wife: "Your blood, my blood, when we are in urgent need, blend with each other, slowly Slowly it becomes a family, isn’t it a good thing to have more and more relatives?” On a weekend in the summer of 2004, Meng Xiangbin went shopping with a few comrades.When Meng Xiangbin saw a blood collection vehicle parked on the street, he dragged his comrades into the vehicle and donated 200 milliliters of blood each.Meng Xiangbin felt fine when he got off the blood collection vehicle, but unexpectedly returned to the blood collection vehicle, and strongly demanded to donate another 200ml of blood for free.People who have donated blood can feel the panic when the blood is drawn from the body, and also feel the fatigue and sleepiness after donating blood, but Meng Xiangbin never tires of it. In October 2006, Meng Xiangbin went home to visit relatives, and his daughter was rushed to the Children's Hospital in the provincial capital for treatment due to an autumn epidemic.At that time, the hospital beds were very tight, and Ye Qinghua managed to get a bed by asking people to intercede.Just when they were ready to check in, Meng Xiangbin saw a young country couple holding a child who was in a very serious condition and walking around anxiously. The medical staff on the side were preparing to set up a temporary cot in the corridor. The child is hospitalized.Seeing this, Meng Xiangbin didn't say anything, and carried the rural child to Xiao Shiyan's hospital bed, while he took Shiyan to live in the small bed in the corridor.After completing the admission procedures, Ye Qinghua was a little unhappy to see Meng Xiangbin's self-assertion, but Meng Xiangbin said: "Their situation is more critical than ours, it's not easy!" Coincidentally. During the Spring Festival of 2007, train tickets were extremely tight. In order for Meng Xiangbin to return to school on time, Ye Qinghua asked a friend to take him on the train.After the train started, his friend gave him his berth to rest. Not long after, Meng Xiangbin gave it to an old and frail old man whom he had never met. He sat in the dining car for more than 20 hours. These little acts of righteousness let us find the explanation for his amazing jump at a height of 10 meters.Meng Xiangbin has taken it as a responsibility to act bravely and serve the people.This responsibility has been integrated into his blood and turned into a high degree of self-consciousness. After Meng Xiangbin died, Zhang Yong, a reporter from Shandong Qihe TV Station in his hometown, was ordered to come to interview.Along the way, Zhang Yong wondered if this familiar name was a high school classmate. When he saw the portrait of Meng Xiangbin, he couldn't help shouting: "Old squad leader!" Haunted in Zhang Yong's mind, like yesterday.Not long after entering high school, the father of a classmate passed away due to illness, and the family lost the pillar of support. This classmate's life was facing a break.As the class monitor, Meng Xiangbin immediately mobilized the whole class to show love for this classmate.At that time, everyone was not rich, and there was no pocket money. There were only meal tickets brought from home in exchange for food. Meng Xiangbin took the lead in donating most of his meal tickets to help his classmates tide over the difficulties. Although his family is not rich financially, when the military organizes to apply for family hardship subsidies at the end of each year, he will give up the quota to others. In May 2006, Meng Xiangbin learned that a classmate's family was in difficulty and his parents were seriously ill, so he mobilized the whole class to donate to him.In fact, Meng Xiangbin’s family is also very difficult. His father has a bad heart and needs surgery, but the huge operation fee has not been paid; his mother and mother-in-law are sick and are often hospitalized; the child is young, and his wife does not have a regular job. He earns more than 2,000 yuan a month. Generally, only 200 yuan is reserved for daily expenses, and the rest is sent home.But he never made any request to the organization.When the students were discussing about donating to his organization, he smiled heartily: "I haven't reached the point where I can't open the pot yet! When it really comes, don't argue with me!" Such things happened to Meng Xiangbin too much.In fact, Meng Xiangbin grew up in a poor family. His father was in urgent need of surgery for cardiovascular sclerosis, and his mother suffered from diabetes, high blood pressure and other diseases, and needed injections and medicines for many years.After getting married, small family difficulties came one after another. My daughter was suspected of having congenital common bile duct obstruction and was rushed to Jiangxi Provincial Children’s Hospital for treatment five times. His wife Ye Qinghua was laid off from the county printing factory and was out of work.But Meng Xiangbin has a warm and kind heart, and saves food and money everywhere. No matter when he meets a disabled person who is struggling, or a lonely old man on the street, he will generously donate money, as much as thirty or fifty Yuan, ranging from one or two yuan. In Meng Xiangbin, what everyone sees is not only a chivalrous demeanor, but also a strong sense of mission and responsibility of a soldier.Responsibility allows him to stand up when the lives and properties of the people are threatened; responsibility allows him to give generously when others need help; responsibility makes his blood spurt, the mission is on his shoulders, and ignites the passion of martial arts. ; Responsibility made his life so colorful at the age of 28! Soldiers have been fighting since ancient times.When cleaning up Meng Xiangbin’s belongings, he copied a sentence from "Historical Records" in a notebook, and he circled it in red several times: "So I was ordered to go out and forget my country; that is, Rong, forget my home; I'm afraid that I won't win and forget myself." All the comrades present said that if Meng Xiangbin hadn't become a hero who sacrificed himself to save others, he would definitely become a warrior on the battlefield in the future. In July 2004, his wife, Ye Qinghua, was in labor and felt unwell.How she longed for her husband to be by her side during this special period.At this time, Meng Xiangbin's unit is about to go to the plateau to conduct an organizational exercise, and he is preparing for this comprehensive exercise that is similar to actual combat.In order to seize this rare opportunity of beating and tempering, Meng Xiangbin said to his wife on the phone: "I also want to stay by your side and enjoy the family happiness when I see the birth of a child with my own eyes, but soldiers have their own responsibilities..." Finally , Meng Xiangbin did not write a leave report, but traveled to the Northwest Plateau by car.When he arrived home triumphantly from the plateau exercise, his daughter had been born for more than half a month. In May 2004, Meng Xiangbin's 83-year-old grandmother died suddenly.Meng Xiangbin is the youngest grandson in the family. He studies hard and has excellent grades. His grandmother loves him very much since he was a child. He is also very attached to his grandmother. Before his death, his grandmother kept chanting his name.In terms of love and reason, Meng Xiangbin wanted to go back and die for grandma.But at that time, the troops were performing a major and special combat readiness exercise mission, and all positions were always in a state of battle.As a confidential cadre, he knew the responsibility was heavy, so he called his family to tell his family to arrange grandma's funeral, and burned skewers of paper and incense for grandma for him.After making the phone call, Meng Xiangbin ran 10 laps around the army training ground to vent his inner grief, and then kowtowed a few times towards his hometown. Just a few months before Meng Xiangbin died, when he graduated from the Second Artillery Engineering Academy, the troops were conducting comprehensive exercises.According to common sense, Meng Xiangbin can take a detour to go home to visit his elderly and sick parents and his wife and daughter who have been separated for a long time, or he can return to the army to stay behind.But Meng Xiangbin learned from his comrades-in-arms that this exercise not only used a batch of new equipment, but also explored some new training methods and tactics for future operations.He did not hesitate to report directly to the drill field with his luggage, and devoted himself to the intense comprehensive drill. This is Meng Xiangbin. In his life creed, the sequence of big love and little love, country and small family, other people and individuals is always clearly arranged. The amazing jump on the ten-meter high bridge seems to be accidental, but it is He shoulders the inevitable choice of responsibility.The torrential Wujiang River flows forward day and night, and it conveys every touching story of Meng Xiangbin, flowing into the sea, into the ocean, and to every corner of the world. Talking about the hero's life, trace back the hero's profound moral accumulation.When the eyes turn to the South Bridge of Wujiang City, you will feel more stories deduced by the heroic feat. The wind is blowing, the water in Wu is cold; the hero jumps and never returns! The hero died in the Wujiang River, and the rushing river quickly returned to calm.Ancient Wujiang, do you know that you took away the young life of a hero, but what you left to the people of Wucheng is endless nostalgia and grief. You have witnessed the vicissitudes of history and today's prosperity, and you Witnessed the tragedy of a hero sacrificing himself to save others. Meng Xiangbin's sacrifice touched this ancient city and people from all over the world.The ancient bridge wept for it, the Wujiang River sobbed for it, and even the clear sky for several days became gloomy, and the whole Wucheng was immersed in grief. Once the heart is shocked, once the soul is purified, it will burst out with infinite passion and emotion.孟祥斌纵身一跳的瞬间定格于目击者的泪眸，英雄朴实的话语烙在市民的心中，感动化作波澜，理性催生行动。在孟祥斌牺牲的城南桥上，涌动着有史以来最为拥挤的人流，相识或不相识的人们，自发用各种方式哀悼、追忆英雄。古老的城南桥，变成了一个祭拜英雄的露天灵堂。 孟祥斌牺牲几小时之后，有人在城南桥上拉起“沉痛悼念英雄孟祥斌”的横幅，有人送来了花圈，挽联上写着“送给舍己救人的解放军英雄”，落款是五个蚊蝇小字：金华一市民。数百只花圈绵延数里，数千朵菊花绽放婺江两岸，让这个不是菊花盛开的季节，却绽放着满眼的金黄。 经过的人停住了脚步，来往的车辆放慢了速度，还有许多人专程赶到城南桥上祭拜英雄。他们向着婺江深情张望，向着英雄纵身一跳的地方鞠躬……渐渐地，越来越多的市民闻讯赶来，越来越多的花圈，摆满了桥两侧人行道，一直延伸到了江边。 12月1日，仍是孟祥斌所在部队轮休的日子，数百名官兵一大早就抬着英雄穿着新军装的遗像来到城南桥，把遗像固定在他纵身跃江的桥栏上。照片上的孟祥斌身着新式军装、佩戴着中尉军衔，精神的板寸短发，目光炯炯，英气逼人、帅气夺目。一位五十多岁的老大妈凑上前去，抚摸着孟祥斌的遗像，眼泪吧嗒吧嗒地流个不停：“斌斌，多好的孩子，跟我的孩子差不多大，太可惜了！” 官兵戴着黑纱，他们一个一个把手中的菊花摆放到孟祥斌的遗像面前，然后排成整齐的队伍，用尽全身力气齐声高喊：“孟祥斌，我们看你来了！”势如雷霆，气吞山河。俗话说，男儿有泪不轻弹，作为钢铁般的革命军人，他们伤心至极，眼中却没有眼泪，他们刚毅的眼神向着孟祥斌牺牲的婺江眺望，他们用军人独特的方式祭拜英雄，送别战友，婺城上空回荡着壮烈和豪迈。 城南桥，因为英雄孟祥斌而成为这座城市的焦点，感动在这里像电波一样迅速扩散，冲破城市的边缘，弥漫在城市的上空。成百上千的市民在城南桥上排起了长龙，他们手捧黄菊花，逐一走到孟祥斌的遗像前，敬上菊花，鞠躬致哀。人潮中，有古稀之年的老者，也有蹒跚学步的孩童，有西装革履的成功人士，也有衣着朴素的打工者，有英雄的山东老乡，有结伴而来的年轻情侣，也有意气风发的莘莘学子…… 英雄，让这个城市彻夜不眠；壮举，拨动着这个寒冬温暖的琴弦。古老的婺城不再平静，每个角落都传颂着英雄的壮举，每个人都在念叨着一个令人垂泪的名字——孟祥斌！ 一夜间，金华移动公司投资一笔不小的经费将城南桥上22个灯箱广告牌全部换上了孟祥斌的照片，上面写着：“一个人感动一座城，向英雄孟祥斌致敬。”城南桥头，那块全市最大的电子广告屏，伴着哀婉的音乐，日夜不断闪现着“沉痛哀悼英雄孟祥斌”、“向英雄孟祥斌致敬”等标语。知情人介绍，这个电子广告屏一天的广告费好几万元，这些天来，这位从未谋面的老板损失了好几十万。孟祥斌，已成为这座城市冬日里最深刻的记忆。 英雄舍己救人的壮举在互联网上公布后，在广大网民中很快引起强烈反响。“孟祥斌”成为网上点击率最高的关键词之一。短短几日，在百度搜索引擎粗略统计，已有19900余个网页热议孟祥斌事迹，2160多个网上论坛发帖51300余条，网络点击浏览超过240万次。 “我们应该为英雄烛光守灵！”此帖一出，立即得到网友的积极响应。从孟祥斌牺牲的第二天夜晚开始，城南桥上，数百名网友和市民默默为英雄守灵，他们长久陪伴在英雄的遗像前，让英雄夜晚不再孤单。有的在孟祥斌跳江救人的地方点上蜡烛，跪地祭拜；有的来到江堤上，点燃蜡烛，捧在手心，对着江面为英雄祈祷；也有的将蜡烛放在特制的纸船上放入婺江，点点烛光映照水面，就像滔滔婺江哭红的眼睛，寄托着婺城人民对英雄的无尽哀悼和缅怀，仿佛在向人们轻声地诉说：有一位英雄，他曾经来过…… 来祭拜的人中，有很多人的名字，我们无法忘记—— 黄丽坤，浙江温州人，卖报为生。当他从报上得知孟祥斌纵身一跳化作永恒的事迹后，他的心灵震颤了，花了半个多月挣到的1000元钱，打车专程从温州赶来，凌晨2时许赶到了城南桥，在英雄的遗像前献上菊花，含泪一拜再拜，然后又匆匆乘车返回，要赶在天亮之前回到温州。因为他得知，当天的报纸上刊载了英雄舍身救人的事迹，他要在第一时间把报纸送到人们手中，让人们第一时间得知英雄的壮举。 金华市民范广昆，出差归来准备打车回家，从交通广播电台得知孟祥斌救人的消息后，立即让司机调转车头，买了一个大花圈放到城南桥上，默默地祭拜英雄。此后几天，每天下班后，他都会专程绕道20多公里过来祭拜英雄，寄托哀思。站在城南桥上，范广昆经常一个人静静地思考，他在思考人之本性，在思考道德的力量，在思考英雄带给这个社会深刻的启示。 哽咽无声，泪流无声，刻骨伤痛怎能用语言表达，又怎能用语言描述。 城南桥上，婺江两岸，800多个花圈延绵数里，上万朵黄菊竞相绽放，3万多名民众自发前往吊唁祭奠，千余军民手捧蜡烛为烈士守灵…… 保安陈斌，在孟祥斌牺牲当天就一直在城南桥上维持秩序，为英雄募捐，当天他向领导请假时，得到的答复是：“英雄牺牲的地方，就是你们工作的岗位。” 熙熙攘攘的人流，有抱着婴儿的母亲，有系着红领巾的小学生，有路过的三轮车夫，人们争先恐后地把钱塞进捐款箱却无人留名，多则数千，少则几元，挤不进人群的群众干脆把捐款直接塞进军人的口袋…… 有一对年轻情侣，把百元钞票折成纸鹤捐出；一名小学生，砸开储钱罐，把几十个一元硬币送到了桥上；一名靠蹬三轮车谋生的中年男子来到现场，他摸遍全身没有找到钱，最后从三轮车座位下藏着的钱袋里找出10元钱，投进募捐箱。 还有一名年轻的三轮车夫，一连几天都到城南桥上参加纪念活动，他对自己曾经收下的5元车费一直愧疚不已。就在孟祥斌牺牲后几个小时，他在市区被一名老伯拦下，递给他5元钱，托他帮忙送一个花圈到城南桥上。这位车夫看到花圈上写着“解放军烈士永垂不朽”，落款是“金华一市民”，当时很是奇怪，这位老伯却说：“人家连性命都不要了，咱还留什么名。”这位还不知道孟祥斌壮举的三轮车夫一路纳闷的蹬到城南桥时，被眼前的情形感动得直落泪，他后悔自己收下了那5元钱。而此后几天，只要听人说到城南桥去纪念孟祥斌，他一律免费接送，也给自己创造更多祭拜英雄的机会。 来自江西的残疾青年程瑞祥，摇着轮椅来到城南桥头，送上一束百合，捐了300元钱，这位在街头靠给人擦皮鞋谋生的年轻人，他的心灵被深深地震撼，他说：“我一直认为多数在城市生活的人都很漠然，来去匆匆，各顾各家，平凡人的突然离去就会像死了一只蚂蚁一样微不足道。孟祥斌是一个极其普通的军人，却正是这样一个军人，给了这座城市最温暖感人的力量。” 一位年过七旬的老人，坐着轮椅来到英雄牺牲的地方敬献花圈，还非得捐出300元钱。从他朴素的衣着和破旧不堪的轮椅可以看出，他的生活并不殷实，可他仍坚持要为英雄亲属作点贡献，见有人不解其意，老人吐露了心声：“我们老百姓的富裕军人功不可没，他们不仅练兵打仗保卫国家，还得支援地方经济建设，遇到天灾人祸，总是冲在最前面。没有军人的牺牲奉献，老百姓的安稳日子都不会有，还谈什么富裕生活。要是赶在以前，我连自己都吃不饱，就是想拥军也没啥可捐呀！” 朴实的话语，道出了所有老百姓的心声，这也许就是和平年代对军人最高的奖赏。对于一个人来说，优秀的精神就是他的灵魂，对于一个民族来说，千万人优秀的精神就是民族的灵魂。孟祥斌所带给今天的，将超越时间和空间，在历史上留下记忆的绝非一座城市，每一个被英雄感动的国人都是幸运的参与者。 帮女儿买一双漂亮的红皮鞋，这是孟祥斌当初给女儿的承诺，也是他短暂人生未了的夙愿。孟祥斌走了，人们却记住了他的这个承诺，不少市民买来了各式各样漂亮的红靴子送给小诗妍，他们告诉诗妍：“爸爸睡着了，这是爸爸专门给你买的。”因为不知道诗妍的脚有多大，各种尺码的鞋子都有。几十双红靴子，摆满了半个房间，就像一团团熊熊烈火，燃烧着爱的激情。 英雄远去，浩气长存。当青春的哀歌随风飘去，留给我们的是无尽的沉思。婺城兴起的感动，在城南桥化作一股暖流，让英雄在寒冬里感受春暖。在孟祥斌跳水救人的当天，在市电台工作的音乐人方向难以控制自己，半夜两点跑到桥头，桥上感天动地的一幕幕打开了他的感情闸门，一首感人的歌曲《这一次》倾泻而出。这首歌很快就成为响遍婺城的流行元素—— “这一次你纵身一跃，滔滔婺江见证壮烈。这一次你奋力地托举，托起生的希望震撼人间。这一次你永远离去，崇仰正气如唱大风歌。这一次虽不再醒来，却用生命的光芒照亮人间。把生给了别人，用死铸就军魂，古老的城南桥为你呜咽，金华山水把你铭记。英雄就在身边，英雄并不遥远，你用军人的脊梁，擎起一座丰碑、一座永恒的丰碑！”