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Resumption of Zhengzhou Metro Line 5 Rescue: Passengers smashed windows to save themselves, women and children and evacuate first_Sina News

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original title:[深度]Resumption of rescue on Zhengzhou Metro Line 5: Passengers smashed windows to rescue themselves, women and children evacuated first

Reporter | Zhao Meng

At about 1:00 a.m. on July 21, 2021, Henan Transportation Broadcasting reporter Xiaopei turned on her phone and faced thousands of greeting messages that came in. She cried: “I know that I am so important for the first time.”

Beginning on July 17, Henan suffered continuous heavy rainfall, and Zhengzhou encountered rare torrential rains. The official Weibo of Zhengzhou Meteorology announced that the rainfall in the course of three days was 617.1mm from 20:00 on July 17 to 20:00 on July 20. Among them, the hourly precipitation and single-day precipitation have broken through the 60-year historical record since the Zhengzhou Meteorological Observatory was established in 1951. The rare heavy rain caused many public facilities in Zhengzhou to be flooded.

On the evening of July 20, Henan Transportation Broadcasting reporter Xiao Pei and hundreds of passengers were trapped on Metro Line 5 during the interview. Xiao Pei’s help-seeking information aroused great attention. After more than 4 hours of waiting and rescue, Xiao Pei and other passengers were rescued and evacuated at 10 o’clock that night.

According to a CCTV news report, at 18:00 on July 20, the stagnant water broke through the retaining wall of the entry line and entered the main line section, causing Zhengzhou Metro Line 5 trains to be suspended at the tunnels of Haitansijie Station and Shakou Road Station. More than 500 people were evacuated here, of which 12 died and 5 were injured.

Xiaopei and most of the passengers have arrived home safely, but the fear and emotion caused by this thrilling evacuation have not disappeared.

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It has been raining for at least one day and one night.

At 11 o’clock in the morning on July 20, the announcer Xiao Pei of Zhengzhou Traffic Broadcasting Channel and his colleagues went out to interview and broadcast real-time traffic information.

The rain was getting bigger and bigger, the umbrellas and raincoats quickly lost their function, and they were soaked. In the afternoon, there was news that there was water in some subway stations of Zhengzhou Metro Line 1. Xiaopei went to interviews with colleagues and made continuous reports to send warning messages to citizens.

At 5 o’clock in the afternoon, news of flooding in many places in Zhengzhou attracted attention on the Internet. The weather forecast showed that the rainstorm would not stop for the time being, and Xiao Pei’s unit also needed night shifts.

The interview came to an end. Xiao Pei decided to go home first, change his wet clothes, and settle down the children before going to the work unit. At that time, ground transportation was paralyzed, and she and her colleagues could only take the subway.

Xiaopei needs to take Line 3 before going home, and then change to Line 5. The stagnant water near her home was already deep, and her husband noticed the danger, and after asking her location, he was going to pick her up at the platform.

The couple agreed to meet at Beach Temple Station, the transfer station of Line 5. At 5:35 in the afternoon, Xiao Pei arrived at Beach Temple Station. Her husband had arrived early. A few minutes later, they entered the subway car and headed towards Shakou Road Station.

When the subway arrived at Shakou Road Station, the carriage suddenly began to broadcast, “It said it would temporarily stop for 20 minutes.” Through the glass, passengers can already see the accumulation of water on the tracks outside the subway.

But everyone was not too worried, “After all, we are in the car,” she said. Not long after, a uniformed staff member arrived and asked the passengers to follow him to Car No. 1 for an emergency evacuation, but the door did not open when everyone walked to Car No. 1 and was taken back again. Then everyone found that the subway started to drive towards the beach temple in the opposite direction.

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But the subway stopped for less than 2 minutes. At this time, the car had entered, and the water level rose quickly, and the ankles were quickly flooded. At this time, at 6:5 pm, Xiaopei was still broadcasting the operation of Line 5 in the work group. At that time, everyone still felt that the subway was safe.

A staff member rushed to inform everyone to be prepared and need to go to the front door for emergency evacuation.

At this time, the subway did not stop at the station, but stopped in the tunnel. Everyone came out from the front door, went to the steps beside the track, and held the grippers beside the steps. The emergency lights in the tunnel turned on, and hundreds of people moved slowly in the direction of the beach temple station along the light.

In order to accurately inform the rescuers of her position, Xiaopei paid special attention to the number 195 on the grasping hand she was holding. At this time, the subway track turned into a turbulent river, and the turbid water rushed forward.

At about 6:40 in the evening, after walking for about ten minutes, someone shouted “Go back”, and there was another obstacle ahead. The line was too long and it was difficult for the news to reach the rear. So someone suggested that the neighbors pat each other’s shoulders and pass the message out. The sound of “Go back, go fast” echoed in the tunnel, and the line was not confused.

There was no way to go in the rear, so everyone was asked to return to the carriage, and the door was closed.

At this time, the speed of the water entering the car became faster, and someone stood on the seat, and Xiao Pei and her husband were still standing on the floor of the car.

Xiao Pei saw that the water level outside was higher than the carriage, shaking outside the carriage, as if the glass was about to break in the next second. Xiaopei continued to broadcast the progress in the work group. She also told her leaders and colleagues that the situation here was urgent and needed rescue. Later she learned that the unit leader had been communicating with the fire rescue department.

Xiao Pei can’t swim. She is holding the handrail with one hand and her husband’s hand with the other, waiting for rescue. There was a tense atmosphere in the carriage. In order to save the phone’s power, she adjusted the phone to power saving mode.

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Everyone discusses an escape strategy. Some people suggested that the glass in the carriage should be broken open. The water might choke when the water poured in, but everyone can escape.

Some people objected that the flood would submerge the carriage after breaking the glass, and the consequences would be disastrous. The two sides were in a stalemate, and the lack of oxygen in the carriage became more serious.

Xiao Pei also found it difficult to breathe, and it was difficult to speak, and the person next to her was gasping like her. She became groggy, and her survival instinct drove her to grab the handrail.

In desperation, at around 7:35 in the evening, Xiaopei sent two Weibo requests for help, “All emergency, firefighting, please help us! We are trapped in the tunnel of Line 5 (Bansi Temple-Shakou Road Station), please Spread! The water in the car has reached my chest! I can’t speak anymore, please help!”

She sent a help message in the circle of friends. In the video she took, the emergency lights inside the carriage flashed continuously, the flood water outside the carriage flowed rapidly, and flood water penetrated through the gaps in the car doors.

“The water outside has reached this position, and my phone will soon run out of power. I don’t know if this is my last WeChat message.” She said with a cry.

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At this time, she was most concerned about the two children: the eldest was 13 years old, and the second was only 4 and a half years old. Today, she couldn’t go home on time. How to explain her danger to her child made her feel anxious and helpless.

In the end, she chose not to speak, and believed that rescuers would arrive. She only told her parents about the situation.

The subway tunnel turned into a rushing river.Photo courtesy of the intervieweeThe subway tunnel turned into a rushing river.Photo courtesy of the interviewee

“I could have sent out a help message earlier, but I didn’t want everyone to think that I was occupying public resources for myself,” she later told Jiem News. The situation reached the most urgent moment, and there were hundreds of people in the car, so she issued a request for help as a reporter. information.

Soon, the news that a reporter from Henan Traffic Radio was trapped during an interview attracted attention on the Internet. Many people called her to ask about the situation, and the firefighting force was also preparing urgently.

At around 8:10 in the evening, the water level inside the compartment was almost to the chest, and the water level outside the compartment was already above the head, which was more than 2 meters high. Due to lack of oxygen in the compartment, some people have difficulty breathing.

In a hurry, a tall man took off the fire extinguisher in the carriage and slammed it towards the top of the carriage glass, trying to smash a hole to let the outside air in.

The impact of “bang, bang, bang” pinned the hope of hundreds of people. It took about seven or eight minutes, and a hole in the glass cracked, and the lack of oxygen in the compartment was relieved. “Fortunately, it was broken, otherwise the hypoxia may be more serious.” Xiaopei recalled.

Soon after the help message was sent, Xiaopei received a call from the fire department. The other party asked her in detail about her location and said that she would come as soon as possible. Xiaopei’s mood eased a lot. She raised her voice and shouted in the carriage: “Everyone stay calm, rescuers will be here soon.”

About five minutes later, the person in the front carriage said that they saw light outside the carriage. “At that moment, we all felt saved.” Xiao Pei said.

The front door was opened again, but at this time the subway had been hit by the flood and deviated from the track. The steps that could be reached by standing on the previous step of the car were two or three meters away.

Firefighters use the water delivery belt as a safety rope, with one end tied to the gripper beside the steps and the other in the carriage, allowing passengers to evacuate up the steps with the safety rope.

“What moved me most was that the rescuers were all standing in the flood, and the water was spinning under their necks.” Xiao Pei said.

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When evacuating, a man in the carriage shouted, “Let the elderly, pregnant women, and children go first.” Other men responded positively. Then the women with decent physical strength walked, and the men walked last. “It’s really exactly the same as in the movie,” Xiao Pei said.

It was the peak time for get off work hours and there were not many elderly people, but there were many women and children. The men gave way to the weak and helped them to leave.

Xiao Pei’s husband and several other male passengers ran to the end car to help other passengers evacuate.

At 9:30 in the evening, Xiao Pei’s carriage was evacuated, while her husband was still helping other passengers. She wanted to stay with her husband, but he told her to go first.

At this time, the water in the tunnel is “like a mountain torrent” and is still very dangerous. She thought, “In case there is an accident, there is another to take care of the child”, she left first.

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The evacuation road is a step beside the tunnel, only about fifty or sixty centimeters wide. It is difficult for two people to go hand in hand, but rescuers are still walking on the outside near the flood, supporting some frail passengers.

Xiao Pei noticed that the woman walking in front of her was weak and carrying a heavy backpack on her back, so she took the backpack from her and helped her carry it all the way to the platform.

After arriving at the platform, Xiao Pei cried, “I feel so terrible, and I am so lucky.” The other passengers either held on to the wall and wept, or squatted down to cry.

Xiaopei borrowed a cell phone and reported safety to his parents. She saw three doctors rescuing passengers, and the staff was tight.

A doctor asked who could be a volunteer. She felt that her physical strength was acceptable, so she raised her hand to help the doctors pass the tools and take care of the passengers.

Suddenly, someone asked if he could help pull the rescue rope. The rescue rope temporarily replaced by the water belt is very long. One end is tied to the gripper in the tunnel and the other end reaches into the compartment. Rescuers need to keep the rescue rope straight so that the evacuated passengers can hold the rescue rope safely out.

Xiao Pei went over to join the other passengers and pulled the rope straight. This scene moved her.

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Xiao Pei saw on the platform that a young doctor was rescuing a passenger. The doctor said that the person had lost heat.

The doctor kept him calm, and then asked the surrounding passengers if they had candy. Xiao Pei still had some chewing gum in his pocket, so he handed it to the passenger. About an hour later, the passenger slowly recovered his strength.

Out of professional sensitivity, Xiao Pei asked the doctor’s name, but the other party told her that his name was not important.

The doctor told her that this was the first day he went to work after graduating from graduate school. The white coat on his body was only collected from the hospital in the morning. Xiao Pei noticed that this white coat was full of mud.

Xiao Pei put on military coats for the passengers who had lost heat, massaged the backs of their palms and hands, and “doed something as much as possible.”

At 10 o’clock in the evening, all the talents in the carriage were evacuated. Around 10:30, more rescue workers arrived. They told Xiaopei that there were enough manpower and she could leave.

When Xiaopei and her husband came out of the subway station, the water on the road had reached their knees, and the electricity was cut off in many places and the light was dim.

They want to find a hotel nearby, but the nearby hotel is full. They found a bath shop, but there were even people lying on the floor. They can only go home in the dark.

When she reached a culvert, she found that the water level was too deep, and she was in danger of flooding the top of her head. She had to retreat and walk around the viaduct for four hours before returning home.

Xiaopei’s home should be around 1 am on July 21st. Originally the door of the house would be locked, but not tonight. She knew that the child was waiting for her to go home.

In the room, the child gave her a glass of cold boiled water and left a note with a paragraph on it: “Mom, you must drink cold boiled water.”

“I can still get home tonight. I feel so lucky and so happy.” She choked.

Editor in charge: Zhang Yu

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