Heartbreak! Beijing Fangshan Blue Sky Rescue Female Team Member Wang Hongchun Sacrifices Team Member in Disaster Relief | Rescue | Wang Hongchun

On August 2nd, the reporter learned from the Beijing Blue Sky Rescue Team that Wang Hongchun, a female member of the Fangshan Blue Sky Rescue Team who lost contact during the heavy rainfall rescue, was found on the afternoon of August 1st. Wang Hongchun unfortunately died and made a heroic sacrifice.

Wang Hongchun, female, Han ethnicity, was born in March 1982 in Guashi Village, Fangshan District, Beijing. Prior to her death, she was the head of a real estate company in Beijing. Joined the volunteer team of Fangshan Blue Sky Rescue Team in March 2013.

At around 20:00 on July 30, 2023, the Fangshan Blue Sky Rescue Team received a woman from Baicaowa Village, Doudian Town, seeking help. She claimed that the water in her home was about 2 meters deep, and she was very scared with a child under 3 years old. The rescue team immediately organized members including Wang Hongchun to go for rescue, but due to the deep water on the way, all members withdrew. At around 22:00 that evening, Wang Hongchun accompanied the team to cooperate with the government of Liulihe Town to provide personnel resettlement and support services.

At around 3am on July 31st, Wang Hongchun once again went to Baicaowa Village with the team for personnel transfer work. When he arrived at the Bangezhuang Bridge at around 4am, he found that the foundation of the bridge was severely damaged and there were significant safety hazards when passing. Therefore, Wang Hongchun and five other team members cooperated with two road workers to stay on the bridge, intercept and persuade personnel and vehicles, and another group of team members walked around a 3-kilometer mountain road to transfer people to Baicaowa Village.

At around 9am on the 31st, a sudden flood peak occurred in the river under the Bangezhuang Bridge. Wang Hongchun and six other team members were quickly surrounded by the flood. They and two road workers chose to abandon their vehicles and board the ship as a self rescue method. The eight quickly put on life jackets, wore protective helmets, and fled in rubber boats. However, due to rapid flash floods, turbulent water flow, and too much floating debris in the water, the rubber boat capsized and all personnel on board were washed away by the rapids. After receiving the news that Wang Hongchun and his teammates had fallen into the water, six blue sky rescue team members who were transferring people in Baicaowa Village immediately rushed to search and rescue.

At 9:30 am on the 31st, two drowning team members were found and safely transferred to a local hospital about 2 kilometers downstream. At 11:23, the third drowning team member was safely rescued and landed. At 16:28, the fourth drowning team member successfully rescued themselves and landed. However, due to communication interruptions and road blockades, it was not possible to approach both sides of the riverbank in full. The search and rescue team conducted multiple inspections of all accessible shorelines, while using drones for aerial searches, but were unable to find the other two drowning team members.

At 15:38 on August 1st, the fifth drowning team member, Wang Hongchun, was found about 30 kilometers downstream of the river and was rescued ashore. After on-site forensic confirmation, he showed no signs of life.

Wang Hongchun was one of the first members of the Fangshan Blue Sky Rescue Team. She was enthusiastic about public welfare and often paid out of her own pocket to support the team. In 2013, when she first joined the team, she self funded 4700 yuan to purchase a set of rope equipment for mountain and wilderness rescue in the team; During the heavy rain rescue and disaster relief, she settled down her 6-year-old daughter and her family, bought dumplings, instant noodles and other food at her own expense and sent them to the team, bringing warmth to the team-mates who were preparing for the rainstorm. Just before her last trip on July 31st, she woke up an hour early to cook dumplings for her teammates... Wang Hongchun was concerned about the blue sky and did her best to participate in public welfare activities, serve the people, and save lives. Life is priceless. Wang Hongchun devoted his limited life to the selfless action of saving the lives of others, which deserves our highest respect!

A member of a blue sky rescue team in Quanzhou, Fujian unfortunately died in disaster relief

On July 29th, Chen Yuansheng, a member of the Quanzhou Blue Sky Rescue Team, suddenly felt unwell and was sent to the hospital during Typhoon Du Suri. He died at the age of 53 after unsuccessful rescue efforts at 20:00 on July 29th.

According to the Quanzhou Evening News, at around 5 a.m. that day, about 19 hours after Typhoon "Dussuri" made landfall, Chen Yuansheng, who had been on standby for the fourth day, and his teammates received instructions to set off to support Nan'an Hongse.

After arriving at Hongse around 9 o'clock that day, Chen Yuansheng and his teammate Fu Jida joined the frontline rescue work.

At 17:35 that day, the Hongse Township in Nan'an became a vast expanse of water. According to the data from Quanzhou Hydrological and Water Resources Survey Sub center, from 2:00 to 8:00 on the 29th, the 6-hour rainfall at Hongse Station in Hongse Town, Nan'an City was 224.00mm, the largest since the station had a series of measured data in 1954.

At this time, Chen Yuansheng and his teammate Fu Jida's rubber boat had moved a total of 22 trapped people back and forth.

At this moment, Chen Yuansheng suddenly felt unwell and broke out in a cold sweat. He told his teammates that he felt a bit tired and wanted to take a break. The team members felt something was wrong, took emergency measures, and rushed him to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, at 20:00 on July 29th, Chen Yuansheng passed away due to ineffective rescue efforts.

Chen Yuansheng joined the Quanzhou Blue Sky Emergency Rescue Center on August 13, 2021 as the leader of the equipment team, with a total of 1417.5 hours of public welfare rescue services, excluding his time in organizing equipment.

On the morning of August 2nd, a memorial service for Chen Yuansheng was held, and many citizens rushed to bid their final farewell to this rescue hero.

Farewell!

Heroes, keep going!