{"id":1191,"date":"2018-04-01T09:31:51","date_gmt":"2018-04-01T01:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2018\/04\/01\/chinese-man-risks-life-to-save-elderly-woman-who-fell-in-river\/"},"modified":"2024-12-29T00:29:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T16:29:48","slug":"chinese-man-risks-life-to-save-elderly-woman-who-fell-in-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/chinese-man-risks-life-to-save-elderly-woman-who-fell-in-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Man Risks Life To Save Elderly Woman Who Fell in River"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>A Chinese man\u2019s heroic rescue of a 70-year-old woman who fell into a frozen river in Northern China has earned him massive praise from netizens on local <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"inside_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/tag\/social-media\/\" title=\"View all posts in social media\" >social media<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Chinese man\u2019s heroic rescue of a 70-year-old woman who fell into a frozen river in Northern China has earned him massive praise from netizens on local social media.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fr6sxZfDrhZV7JbyUit4sJjDYiRQ?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20180104173117.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10px;\">Photo credit: nextshark<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The hero, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/jobs\">identified<\/a> as 54-year-old Shi Lei, was caught on film by a passerby as he struggled to save the fallen woman in Hebei\u2019s Baoding city on December 26.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the clip, Shi can be seen risking his safety as he reaches out to save the woman while being on thin ice. He is shown using his bare hands to smash some of the ice while pulling the woman to safety. He eventually slid in the icy waters himself and gathered his strength to lift the old woman. Another man came to their aid and both <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/dictionary\/english\/successfully\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">successfully<\/a> saved the elder woman in the end.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FpVAplpEXwpOhMNL2muZ0FKvrmTY?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20180104173119.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"413\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: next shark<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The now-viral footage was posted on Chinese social media <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/dictionary\/english\/platform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">platforms<\/a> and soon made headlines in local media. It was not reported, however, how and why the woman fell in the first place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many netizens cheered for Shi\u2019s selfless deed and courage, noting that the woman could have died if it weren\u2019t for his quick response. Some commenters, however, criticized the person filming the incident for not participating in the rescue instead.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>Source: Nextshark<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fr4MF5a2_FQCuZqmK-74Hkjndjug?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"gic qr-code.jpg\" width=\"1433\" height=\"1434\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Chinese man\u2019s heroic rescue of a 70-year-old woman who fell into a frozen river in Northern China has earned him massive praise from netizens on local social media. 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