Comrade Meng Xiangbin was born on April 9, 1979, in a peasant family in Liuqiao Village, Liuqiao Town, Qihe County, Shandong Province. After graduating from high school in 1997, with full enthusiasm for dedicating himself to national defense and defending the border, he joined the army and joined an anti-aircraft artillery regiment in the Lanzhou Military Region. In September 1999, due to his outstanding work performance, he was admitted to the Lanzhou Branch of the University of Information Engineering of the Chinese People's Liberation Army on the recommendation of the organization. . He honorably joined the Communist Party of China in June 2002. After graduation in the same year, he was assigned to work in the Confidential Section of our headquarters. In September 2005, because of his excellent performance at work, he was recommended to be admitted to an engineering college to study from junior college to undergraduate. He returned from his studies in July this year and was the deputy company lieutenant officer of our department during his lifetime. On November 30, 2007, Comrade Meng Xiangbin died heroically because he risked his own life to rescue a young woman who jumped into the river. He was only 28 years old.
He took the lead in jumping into the river to save people
At 11:20 noon yesterday, Ms. Zhu, who was riding a bicycle passing the Chengnan Bridge, witnessed what happened. At that time, she saw many people gathering on the bridge on the east side. When she went over to take a look, she realized that someone had jumped into the river. Ms. Zhu said: "At this time, there were only onlookers, and no one had gone to rescue. I first thought of calling 110 to call the police, and then notified the news media. Just after I made the call, I heard someone shouting, and when I saw it, there was a man. She took off her coat and shoes and jumped off the bridge."
Aunt Wang, who witnessed the soldier jumping into the river to save others, said with red eyes and tears: "He is an officer, I saw him. He had a military officer's certificate. He was passing by with his wife and two or three-year-old daughter. When he heard someone jumping into the river, he jumped to save the person. Before jumping, we asked him worriedly if he could do it. He can swim, no problem. After he jumped in, he swam towards the woman who had jumped into the river. It was okay at first. We saw that he caught the woman who fell into the water and carried her to the shore. But after a while, he He yelled, "I can't take it anymore." We saw it and were anxious in our hearts. At this time, someone swam over from the shore, and a speedboat was about to arrive. Someone even lowered a rope from the bridge. But the rope was too short, and the people who came were too late. We watched helplessly as the good officer who rescued people slowly sank."
His actions moved the onlookers
Cai Qunsong said: "I just returned to Jinhua from Chengdu for vacation. I drove by here. When I saw the situation here, the officer had already jumped. I thought my water skills were good, so I ran away I took off my clothes when I got to the shore and swam over to help in my shorts. When I arrived, a speedboat also arrived. After I helped the people on the speedboat rescue the woman who had jumped into the river, I tried to find the officer. , he had sunk. The people on the bridge were shouting "left, right" desperately, as if to guide me to the officer's position, but it was too confusing at the time, and I was freezing because I had been in the water for a long time. My body was so stiff that I was going to die if I didn't swim back, so I had to give up. Fortunately, the people on the speedboat threw me a lifebuoy."
Regarding the behavior of the officer who jumped into the river. , Cai Qunsong praised: "This is a real soldier. Being able to jump from such a high bridge requires great courage. His behavior is worthy of the title of soldier!"
The people on the speedboat rescued the woman who jumped into the river. After returning to the shore, when they went to rescue the officer who jumped into the river to save others, he was no longer on the river. After the woman who jumped into the river was sent to the city's Fifth Hospital for rescue, news soon spread that she was safe, but there was still no trace of the officer who rescued her. The crowd of onlookers did not disperse, but gathered more and more, and people were waiting anxiously.
At 1:38 pm, search and rescue personnel rescued the drowning officer and sent him to the Municipal Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital for rescue. A large number of onlookers spontaneously followed him to the hospital. Although the hope was slim, everyone held on to a glimmer of hope. It was not until 3:03 pm that the doctor announced that the rescue was ineffective. When the bad news came out, many people burst into tears. "He doesn't deserve to die!" Mrs. Wu, who was watching, had tears in her eyes and was speechless.
The rescued woman who jumped into the river burst into tears when she heard the news that her benefactor had died. The rescued woman's surname was Li, from Wenzhou, and she was 23 years old. As for the reason why she jumped into the river, she simply said that her boyfriend asked her to come over, but when she arrived, she couldn't wait. In a fit of anger, she threw away her phone and jumped into the river.
He is an excellent officer
After the husband went into the water to rescue people, his wife and young daughter waited anxiously for nearly four hours. In the end, the wife still did not see him Husband's smile. The husband said "I can swim" before jumping into the river to save others, and the words "I can't take it anymore" when he was drowning in the river became the last words left to his wife and daughter. The young and petite wife was so distraught that she rushed to the railing several times and tried to jump into the river, but was stopped by kind-hearted onlookers, Ms. Zhu and others.
While searching for and rescuing the officer, the commander, political commissar and comrades of his unit arrived. "His name is Meng Xiangbin. He is 28 years old this year and is from Shandong. He graduated from a university with a bachelor's degree in confidential majors and joined the army in 1997. After the army moved to Jinhua in 2002, he came with it and is now a staff officer of the army's confidential department. "He is an excellent officer." Zhang, the political commissar of the army, said, "The army has been very busy recently, and he has not been on vacation for three months. Yesterday, Xiao Meng's wife, who is teaching in Jiangxi, took her mother and their three-year-old daughter to the army. The eldest daughter came to visit relatives, and the army specially gave him time off. It was rare for the three of them to get together, and no one could have imagined that something would happen." At this point, tears shed on the resolute face of the army leader.
Yesterday afternoon, after learning the news about Meng Xiangbin’s accident, the relevant person in charge of the city’s “Double Support Office” rushed to the hospital. After Meng Xiangbin was killed, city leaders Wu Huihua and Lin Yixin expressed condolences to the hero's family on behalf of the municipal party committee, city government and Jinhua Military Division. The head of the army where the hero belongs said that his advanced deeds have been reported, and the army has set up a leadership group headed by the army commander to sort out the hero's deeds materials and prepare for the next step of publicity.
Hero, wake up quickly
"Commander Meng, wake up! Wake up!" The comrades in the emergency room shouted eagerly...waiting outside the door The citizens also shouted softly: "Hero of Jinhua, wake up quickly"... The heart-wrenching shouts did not wake up Meng Xiangbin after all, and he fell asleep forever. Photographed by our reporter Zhu Lingfei
Our newspaper (Chief Reporter Chen Yujie) From 11:20 am to 1:38 pm yesterday, people gathered at the Chengnan Bridge in the urban area and the Wujiang Embankment on the north side of Cherry Blossom Park. Hundreds of citizens rushed to praise the heroic feat of a People's Liberation Army officer who rescued a girl who jumped into the river. For more than two hours, citizens waited anxiously with tears in their eyes, waiting for a miracle to happen - Meng Xiangbin, deputy lieutenant staff officer of the Confidential Section of a certain ministry stationed in Kim, survived.
Citizens at the scene: "Such a good person must rescue him!"
At 11:20 a.m. yesterday, the 110 Command Center of the Municipal Public Security Bureau received an alarm from citizens. , said a young woman jumped into the Wujiang River from the east railing of the southern section of Chengnan Bridge in the urban area. When reporters rushed to the scene after hearing the news, they learned that the young woman who jumped into the river had been successfully rescued and sent to the city's Fifth Hospital for treatment. The reporter saw hundreds of people watching on the sidewalk on the east side of the Chengnan Bridge and on the Wujiang embankment on the north side of Sakura Park. Everyone was worried about the delay in a rescuer coming ashore.
"Such a good person must rescue him!" 50-year-old Xu Huifang told reporters that she was riding an electric bicycle from Jiangnan to Jiangbei and saw a man coming from the city. The man's wife and daughter were also standing by the railing on the east side of the southern section of the South Bridge when they jumped into the Wujiang River to save people. "It must be so cold in the water on a day like this. We hope that this child can come ashore soon." An aunt said. She stood on the bridge and watched the man who was rescuing him sink into the water due to exhaustion. She was so heartbroken that she burst into tears. It all flowed down. Under her shouts, someone took a rope and lowered it from the railing to the river. Unfortunately, the rope could not reach the rescuer.
Through the efforts of the police and the public, the man was fished ashore at 1:38 pm yesterday. Many onlookers shed tears when they saw the hero, who was pale with cold and had no breathing or heartbeat. Subsequently, the Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine launched an all-out rescue effort for more than an hour, but in the end the drowning time was too long. By 3:03 p.m., medical staff had to give up rescuing the man.
Witness: He shouted before sinking
"Someone please help"
A 36-year-old woman named Xiong witnessed the entire incident. . "At about 11 o'clock, I was washing clothes under the embankment near the Cherry Blossom Park at the end of Chengnan Bridge. At that time, I saw a young woman wearing a light red coat and a black skirt using a handgun on the east side of the southern section of Chengnan Bridge. Make a call on your cell phone.
She seemed unhappy. As she was talking, she suddenly threw her cell phone to the ground, took off her two shoes and threw them on the road. She climbed up the railing and jumped into the river. "
Xiong told reporters that shortly after the young woman jumped into the river, a man wearing a red sweater jumped into the Wujiang River from the east railing of the southern section of the Chengnan Bridge to save her. "The woman jumped into the river. She was sinking and floating in the river. After holding her in the river for a while, the man who rescued her called out, "Who can help me?" ’ Perhaps because he was exhausted, he continued to hold the woman in place. At this time, a man wearing leather casual clothes next to me took off his coat and shoes and swam over to help. Then, a motorboat came to rescue people. When the motorboat approached the woman, I saw the man in the red sweater had sunk. ”
It is understood that the man in the red sweater is named Meng Xiangbin. He is 28 years old and is a deputy lieutenant staff officer of the Confidential Section of a certain ministry stationed in Jinan. He is from Qihe County, Shandong Province. After Meng Xiangbin jumped into the water to rescue him The young man from Jiang is also an active soldier. His name is Cai Qunsong. He is 42 years old and is the office director of the First Armed Police Traffic Corps. “I went back to my hometown in Jinhua from Chengdu for vacation these days and walked from Jiangnan to Jiangbei at around 11 a.m. that day. , when I passed the south end of Chengnan Bridge in the urban area, I heard many people shouting "Help", so I ran to the north side of Sakura Park and swam there to save people. When the motorboat came to rescue people, I was two or three meters away from Meng Xiangbin, who jumped into the river from the bridge to save people. Seeing him sinking, I swam over and tried to catch it with my hands, but failed. Later, I stayed where I was and searched. Several people on a motorboat took the woman who had jumped into the river to the shore and came back to look for her, but to no avail. ”
In this way, in order to save the life of a stranger, the young officer Meng Xiangbin died heroically in Wujiang, the mother river of his second hometown.
After preliminary understanding The young woman who jumped into the river is surnamed Li. She is 23 years old and is from Wenzhou. Her life is not in danger. The reason for jumping into the river may be related to personal emotional frustration.
Daughter: "Dad is too tired, so he fell asleep." Already? ”
At noon yesterday, while waiting for the police and the people to salvage the fish, Meng Xiangbin’s wife burst into tears. She said that the day before yesterday, she took her daughter from Yiyang, Jiangxi to visit relatives in a certain ministry in Kim. Meng Xiangbin, who was extremely busy with work, took leave yesterday to accompany his wife and daughter to visit Jinhua City. Unexpectedly, his husband's life and death were in doubt while trying to save people on the way.
After the incident, Colonel Zhang Jianqiang, commander of a certain unit stationed in Jinhua, Political Commissar Colonel Zhang Fengzhong and other army leaders rushed to the scene to learn about the situation. When they learned that Meng Xiangbin died after resuscitation failed, Zhang Fengzhong choked with tears and told reporters at the door of the emergency room of the Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine: "Meng Xiangbin was an excellent officer. He is a great loss to our force. ”
Yesterday evening, city leaders Wu Huihua and Lin Yixin rushed to a certain ministry stationed in Kim to express their condolences to Meng Xiangbin’s wife. In the face of many concerned people, Meng Xiangbin’s 3-year-old daughter innocently asked her with tears streaming down her face. Mom: “Dad, was he too tired and fell asleep? "As soon as these words came out, everyone around him was stunned.
One person moved a city - the citizens of Jinhua spontaneously mourned Meng Xiangbin
The tragic and heroic jump on the south bridge of the city, Meng Xiangbin is gone. The good soldier of the motherland is gone, the good husband of the wife is gone, and the good father of the daughter is gone... But he is deeply engraved in the hearts of the people of Jinhua last night. The little candlelight on the bank of the river lit up a fire in the hearts of the people of Jinhua. This fire called the honor and mission of the Chinese soldiers!
The day before yesterday, the good officer Meng Xiangbin bravely rescued the woman who fell into the water! The heroic deeds are recited among some citizens of Jinhua; yesterday, the name Meng Xiangbin was known to more people in Jinhua and even to the people of the province and the country. On the streets and alleys, in the troops where the hero lived, and in the place where the hero died, there were many people who knew him or not. People who knew him were spontaneously mourning and remembering the hero in various ways.
Army officers and soldiers: He had many shining points
The story of Meng Xiangbin’s heroic rescue of the woman who fell into the water has been spread throughout the world. In the dormitory building where Meng Xiangbin lived, comrades in the same training team wrote their own testimonials, and one poster filled the bulletin board. Comrade Zhang Xiaolong said: "When the country is in crisis, it is our soldiers who charge into the battle; When people's lives and property are threatened, it is our soldiers who rush forward; it is our heroes who use their own lives to save the lives of others. Pay tribute to the heroes and pay respect to the families of the heroes. "
"It is very normal for this to happen to Xiao Meng.
" Troop commander Zhang Jianqiang said that becoming a hero is only a matter of moments, but it is inseparable from his ideological realm. Meng Xiangbin is a member of the People's Liberation Army and an outstanding representative of it. He interprets a soldier with his actions The necessary qualities and promote the spiritual civilization of socialism with Chinese characteristics
As a comrade who studied in the same military academy, worked in the same department and lived in the same dormitory after graduation, staff officer Wang Changrui knows it better than anyone. The situation of Meng Xiangbin. "Meng Xiangbin is diligent and studious. He left a motto on the title page of one of his textbooks - knowledge is the only way to understand everything in the world, and to do things requires being a good person first. He was originally a soldier. He worked hard to get into the military academy and obtained a college degree from the Information Engineering University of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. After graduation, he was assigned to our army. In the army, he still did not give up studying. In 2005, with his excellent performance, he was selected to enter the Second Artillery Engineering College of the Chinese People's Liberation Army for "junior college to bachelor's degree" study. At the party congress held in the school, he was also elected as the only party representative among the five to six hundred people in our department. "
Hu Huaining, director of the army's political department, said that Xiao Meng is not only eager to learn and motivated, but also very serious at work. After he returned to the army after completing his studies in July this year, he was delayed for two years because the army equipment was updated very quickly. Xiao Meng needed to learn a lot of knowledge over time, but he caught up in just a few months and performed very well in the two major training camps this year. As a Shandong man, Xiao Meng has a straightforward personality and an upright person. , and caring. In recent years, he has rejected all the subsidies provided to needy families by the army, saying that they are reserved for those who need help more. Every time the army donates blood, donates love, and donates winter clothes, Jinhua's "One He participated in all the "daily donation" activities.
Hero Wife: He is my pride
Although the officers and soldiers in Meng Xiangbin’s unit knew that Meng Xiangbin’s family was relatively difficult, with a monthly income of more than 2,000 yuan. Meng Xiangbin usually only keeps 200 yuan for daily expenses as an officer, and remits the rest. However, what they don't know is that both of Meng Xiangbin's parents are currently hospitalized. His father needs an operation due to a bad heart condition, and Qiba's father needs surgery. The medical expenses of 10,000 yuan are still unresolved. Her mother suffered from diabetes in her early years and was hospitalized for intravenous drip to take care of her husband. Meng Xiangbin’s mother-in-law was also overworked due to diabetes.
A few days ago, Meng Xiangbin’s mother was too tired to take care of her husband. His wife Ye Qinghua called and hoped that he could go home for a visit, but Meng Xiangbin was silent for a while and said "I understand", but in the end he still did not ask for leave from the army, nor did he disclose the matter to his comrades.
< p>On the day of the accident, Meng Xiangbin’s army was on vacation. Meng Xiangbin’s three-year-old daughter fell ill. He asked his wife to bring her daughter to Jinhua for medical treatment. Meng Xiangbin’s mother-in-law Luo Chunhua said: “Xiao Meng has been in the army for 11 years. We rarely come to Jiangxi (my wife and mother are both in Jiangxi), and even fewer go back to our hometown in Shandong. In the five years since their marriage, they have only come back five or six times. Xiao Meng was not there when Ye Qinghua gave birth to his child, and did not return until the child was one month old. ”Despite this, Meng Xiangbin’s mother-in-law still liked her son-in-law very much. As a wife, Ye Qinghua loved her husband without any regrets. Due to excessive sadness, she fainted several times and was not too sad. There are many words, but the few words spoken are touching.
Ye Qinghua said: "Xiangbin didn't leave me many words. When I first arrived in Jinhua, he said he felt very guilty about me and didn't have much time to spend with me. But he vowed to take care of me and love me all his life. Unexpectedly, the next day, he was separated from me. I also have a selfish side. Before he jumped into the water, I grabbed him and told him that it was too dangerous and that he had to swim from the shore if he wanted to save him. He said it was too late and did not listen to my advice. I saw him holding the drowning woman for five or six minutes, and then he yelled, "I can't survive." At that moment, I was going crazy. Even though my husband left me, I have no regrets. Because I know that I chose to be a soldier, and this is what a soldier should be like. I am proud of my husband! ”
Rescued woman: I’m sorry for my benefactor
It was learned that the family of the savior lived in Jinhuayuan Resort. Yesterday morning, Li, a woman who jumped into the river, rushed over accompanied by her relatives. After seeing Ye Qinghua sitting by the bed, the three of them knelt down in front of her and burst into tears. "I'm sorry for you, it was me who hurt your husband." "Young Li hugged Ye Qinghua's legs and refused to get up for a long time.
Ye Qinghua also burst into tears. She comforted him and said: "You all get up. My husband is a soldier. He is doing this. It should. You are still young, cherish life. As long as you can live well in the future, it is the best reward for my husband.
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On the Chengnan Bridge: People spontaneously pay their respects
Yesterday, I don’t know when, on the Jinhua Chengnan Bridge, someone pulled up the railing where Meng Xiangbin jumped into the river to save others. A banner reading "In deep memory of the hero Comrade Meng Xiangbin" was displayed in an endless stream of citizens who stopped here to pay their respects. It soon caused a traffic jam, and the relevant departments subsequently implemented traffic control.
By 11:30, The memorial ceremony reached its climax when hundreds of officers and soldiers from Meng Xiangbin's unit came to the scene, laid yellow chrysanthemums and shouted in unison: "Meng Xiangbin, we are here to see you!" "Then, he bowed three times to the banner.
Then, a more touching scene appeared. Hundreds of citizens lined up on the Chengnan Bridge. They held yellow chrysanthemums in their hands and walked to the banner one by one. In front of the crowd, they presented flowers and bowed.
Among the crowd, there were gray-haired old people, couples holding hands, and parents holding children. Among them, a young man and woman came specially from Yiwu. Yes, there is a mother-in-law who brought her granddaughter to receive education. A young man named Kong and his girlfriend came to pay tribute. He said: "We learned about this news from QQ and came here specially to send a message to the hero. Although Meng Xiangbin is not from Jinhua, and the woman who was rescued is not from Jinhua, this incident happened in Jinhua. His behavior touched us, and we are proud of him. ”
Netizens: Initiate fundraising and candlelight vigil activities
In the “New Jinhua Forum” of Jinhua News Network, netizens’ attention to this incident has reached an unprecedented level. As of press time At that time, there were more than 400 comments on the topic, the click rate reached more than 15,000 people, and the number of people online at the same time reached more than 1,100. Everyone expressed their heartfelt admiration.
< p>Some posts said: "Meng Yingxiong: You are a person who moved the entire Jinhua City! Some netizens also said: "The hero has passed away, but the spirit lives on." His behavior brought a breath of fresh air to society: when he saw danger on the road, he stood up without any fear, regardless of gains and losses. He used his precious courage and his precious life to interpret the contemporary soldiers' service to society and their service to society. the lofty ideals of the people. In today's process of building a socialist harmonious society, the times call for this kind of behavior, society needs this kind of behavior, and this spirit should be inherited. Comrade Meng Xiangbin is our glory and pride. Comrade Meng Xiangbin’s lofty spirit and heroic deeds are vivid teaching materials for practicing the socialist concept of honor and disgrace. ”The candlelight vigil organized by Jinhua News Network’s “New Jinhua Forum” received enthusiastic response from netizens. At night, there was another wave of memorial service on the river embankment beside the bridge in the south of the city. At 7 p.m. Before long, the wreaths placed on the bridge railings and river embankments had stretched for hundreds of meters. On the ground circled by the forum organizers, netizens and local residents lit candles, and some put candles into the Wujiang River and lit them. The fire represents the endless mourning and remembrance of the heroes by the people of Wucheng.
On the "New Jinhua Forum", some netizens once posted that the one next to the Chengnan Bridge has one of the "largest TVs in Jinhua". If the advertisement content is changed to play pictures and music related to the hero, the relevant parties will immediately adopt this suggestion, making the scene even more touching.
At the event site, the city’s winter swimming QQ group and young volunteers launched a fund-raising operation from the relatives of the heroes. It was Cheng Yan, an ordinary member of the winter swimming QQ group, who initiated the fund-raising operation. She said that the purpose of this was to help the heroes. The family members solved some practical difficulties.
The donation box was placed at the event. Not only the members of the QQ group actively donated, but the two members with the highest number each donated 1,000 yuan. The citizens at the scene also responded positively, and many citizens donated money. After lighting the candle, he turned around and put the money into the donation box. A woman who did not accept the interview donated 1,000 yuan and left. Later, they found 10 yuan from the money bag hidden under the tricycle seat and put it into the donation box. There was also a couple who folded 100-yuan bills into paper cranes and donated them. There was also a mother holding a baby wearing a red scarf. Elementary school students, in suits and leather shoes, dressed simply... It was late at night, and the event was still crowded with people.
The young officer's heroic sacrifice to save the diving woman attracted the attention of Xinhuanet and the People's Republic of China. Net, Tencent, Qianlong, etc., as well as central and provincial media, all reported on this. Domestic mainstream media successively sent reporters to Kim for interviews.