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nangofrank

nangofrank

China

April 11, 2008

Today, I watched a TV programme which named 'Life', I was affected by a story that was told in it. It was a real story. From it I saw a kind of spirit and a group of brave men.

It happened in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China. 5 builders took a tast, they had to pump the water out of the pipeline. The pipeline has 500 meters long and a part of it is under a river and the diameter of the pipe is only 1 meter. One of the workers took a pumper and came into the pipe, the other four followed him. They didn't know it might be a non-backing road for them. Danger came to them stealthily. Then went along the pipe with the tools. When the pumper started, it burnted oxygen and left CO and other harmful gas. You know that human could not be alive without oxygen, so the 5 workers felt exhausted got a headache and etc. 10 minutes later, they lay down and lost their feelings. Their colleagues realised that they might be in danger,so they called 119 for help.

The ambulances and fire engines came to the accident place as soon as possible. When they arrived there, they found that it was a hard task. The firemen checked out the landform and found that the pipe had two exits at beginning, but one was ruined by water, so they had only one entrance to get in and rescue the 5 workers. But the diameter is small, and the workers had different distance from the entrance, the nearest one is 100 meters from the entrance, the farest one is 330 meters. One couple of firemen rescued the nearest one at their first time. But it got harder since they planed to rescue the others. Non-oxygen was the biggest challenge for them. And it was hard to walk in the pipe, you could image that how to walk in it. 1 hour later, they only rescued 2 men.

At the same time, another team was digging the ground and trying to cut of the pipe at the middle and made the distance shorter. The firemen wanted to rescue the last 3 quickly because time was life, so the commander chose 3 strongest firemen to be a team and came into the pipe with oxygen tank. 40 minutes pasted, nobody came out of it. The air was freezed. What happened to them? Everyone thought it was seriously. 

30 minutes later, the pipe was opened a hole at the middle, and firemen came into the pipe from it. They first rescued the 3 workers in it and found that their colleagues were near them and they gave their oxygen tanks to the workers, they knew that the command was to keep the workers safe , everyone was affected by their spirit. With the help of the firemen, 4 of 5 were alive after  taking good cares by the nurses. 20 firemen were used up and were sent to the hospital with the workers too.

Life is important than everything, the firemen are heros, I admire them, they are the most lovely people in our society. It is a real affecting story.

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09:23 AM Apr 11 2008

bugsrita

bugsrita
China

if i can have your wrtten level.....that will be ........i do not worry my exam any more~~~