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Winter swimmers jump into the river to save people on a cold night

Original title: winter swimmers in Wenling, Zhejiang Province jump into the river to save people on a cold night

4hw.com.cn reported on the 5th that Xu Xianghua, a member of Wenling winter swimming team in Zhejiang Province, jumped into the cold river and rescued a middle-aged woman who died of suicide. In order to thank Xu Xianghua for his help, the families of the rescued women went to the door to thank them.

Xu Xianghua, 44, lives in Nicheng village, RuoHeng Town, Wenling City, and runs a lighting shop near Songmen West Railway Station. Recently evening, Xu Xianghua suddenly heard someone calling for help downstairs. He rushed to the balcony on the fourth floor to see.

'that night, my daughter and I were preparing to go to bed when we heard a noise below. I went to the balcony and saw a man in the middle of the water. I ran down immediately. "Xu Xianghua said that at that time, several people had gathered around the scene. Some of them called and others called for help.

According to the description of the crowd who witnessed the scene: "we only saw a middle-aged woman crying and walking to the river. We didn't know what she was doing. When we found out that the situation was wrong, we immediately called for help. Then we saw him (Xu Xianghua) jump into the river to save people. '

Xu Xianghua's home is next to the xiazha River, which is more than 3000 meters long. 'people around dare not go into the water. The temperature is really cold and the water is not very clean. But I was on the winter swimming team, and I immediately went down and dragged people up. "Xu Xianghua told reporters that after he jumped into the river, he approached the woman from behind, controlled her hands and pulled her to the bank.

Bravely rescuing women who committed suicide on a cold winter night spread quickly in the local area. Everyone said that Xu Xianghua was a good man.

Xu Linghui, vice president of Wenling City Swimming Association and leader of Songmen winter swimming team, said: "Xu Xianghua's deeds of jumping into the cold river to save people are praiseworthy. '

It is understood that the rescued middle-aged woman, Ruo Heng, was a native of Ruo Heng. Because of the family conflicts, she couldn't think of jumping into the river and killing herself. Fortunately, Xu Xianghua and others helped her to prevent the tragedy. (end)