Shenhao UP Lord

Chapter 309
But because of insufficient equipment, are we actually doing any effective work?
No!

But it opens things up and builds experience for later.

Later, it included floods in Iran, hurricanes in Mozambique, etc. As long as there are large-scale disasters, we will appear.

Ding Xu was in awe, but there must be a difference between personal interests and public assistance.If at the scene of a disaster, you still go on a rampage like an expedition, something will happen.And at this time, it is not just one person who is in danger, but the whole team.

Wang Ke understood Ding Xu's worry, and said with a smile: "At that time, an earthquake of magnitude 8.1 occurred in Nepal, and I made an impulsive decision in this rescue."

"I saw with my own eyes a man kneeling on the ground and crying loudly next to a crumbling dangerous building. His wife and child were buried underneath, with no signs of life."

"Several passing international rescue teams chose to give up the rescue. At this time, the victims of the disaster found us. The man was crying for help, and many eyes were staring at us.

We can't lose Huaxia's face!

As soon as their brains became hot, everyone decided to set up a death squad. Those who have children at home, and those who will not die after death, all come out!
Counting me, there are 7 people out.We rushed to the dangerous building and risked our lives to dig up two bodies.

Sensibility will prevail over rationality; emotion will overwhelm the principle of rescue; the honor of the family and the country will also add a lot of distractions to the rescue.

In the rescue in Nepal, rescue teams from various countries seem to be competing in secret.We worked day and night, but in the end we didn't save a single living person.

Three years later in the summer, the same life and death decision was placed before me again.

That year in northern Thailand, 12 players of the junior football team Wild Boars and their coach went to explore a place called Sleeping Beauty Cave.As a result, the sudden torrential rain caused floods, and all the team members were trapped in the cave.

To rescue them, the Thai government appealed to the international community.

Whether or not to participate in this rescue, a fierce debate broke out within the team.Drawing lessons from the rescue in Nepal, I have to make more prudent choices.

The first conflict at that time was whether to save people?
Cave Rescue requires a high level of certification and we only have instructors who are qualified.Can everyone go into the cave to carry out diving work?
This is a matter of life and death. For example, there is a pregnant woman on the mountain who is bleeding heavily and needs to be sent to the hospital urgently. At this time, there is only one truck that needs the B book, but the team members are all C books.

If you choose to drive this truck, both team members and pregnant women may fall off the cliff.But if it is not opened, pregnant women and children will die at any time.These are two different ideas.It is impossible to say who is right and who is wrong, and our team could not agree on it at that time.

The second contradiction is who to save?

A shipwreck occurred in Phuket almost at the same time.On the one hand, we rescued trapped children in the mountains of northern Thailand, and on the other hand, we suffered a shipwreck in China, especially the victims were 12 children.

Who shall we save?

As the captain, for the first contradiction, I can only combine two ideas and let the whole team go into the cave to complete part of the diving work under the strict guidance and judgment of the coach.

About the Phuket shipwreck I decided not to go.Because rescue has its principles: save the near but not the far, save the life but not the dead.

I can no longer let the impulse of taking personal risks in Nepal's rescue can control the fate of the whole team.

Soon we, the US team, the Australian team, and the Thai Navy SEALs formed a core rescue team of hundreds of people, stationed in a closed area surrounded by cloth.

Outside the camp is a large media village and a night market-like place.Thai people spontaneously provided a variety of snacks, massages, and haircut services, and all those involved in the rescue can use them for free.

But outside this rescue scene involving only 13 people, why did such a huge division of labor cluster form?

In fact, the scale of this cave rescue is very large. Outside the core camp, there are thousands of rescuers from more than 20 countries.And the rescue lasted a very long time.

Since the children were trapped in the cave and couldn't get out because of the rising water, why don't we dive in and bring the children out?
Why do you need so many people and work for so long?
When you see the scene for the first time, you will have the answer. The situation on the scene is far more complicated than we imagined.

The Sleeping Beauty Cave itself is one of the most difficult caves in the world to navigate, because of the rugged and narrow passages and the huge drop in height, no one has been able to complete the entire journey so far.

To make matters worse, it was the rainy season in Thailand at that time, and the continuous rainstorm caused the water level in the cave to rise steadily, up to 15 centimeters per hour. Moreover, the water was still flowing at a high speed, and the water quality was also extremely dirty, which greatly increased the difficulty of rescue.

Worried that opening mountains and digging holes would cause secondary disasters, the joint rescue team had no choice but to make steel in an indigenous way, pumping water while sending divers to dig in bit by bit.

This is where the despair lies.Because the current is too fast and the mountain is very thick, underwater robots and exploration radars have also failed.The cave is criss-crossed, with forked roads and winding roads. There are no regular roads, no visibility, and no reference.It can only rely on manpower in a very primitive way and a little bit of groping.The workload is unusually high.

The divers in the cave explored the way one after another, searching for valuable information.The headquarters outside the cave is constantly integrating information, drawing maps, and updating rescue plans.The joint rescue team cleared one level after another, constantly unlocking new map fragments, and the appearance of the cave became clear bit by bit.

Finally, the miracle happened on the 9th day when the children were trapped.

One day, a British rescue team was exploring the way in the cave. His guide rope ended, so he simply floated up to take a look. It turned out that the position he came up was exactly where the child was staying!

Can you imagine?
There was no light in the cave, and the children and coaches had no sense of time. They could only endure hunger and thirst, wait patiently, and try not to collapse their bodies and minds before the miracle came, and then this miracle really happened!

But soon fell into new difficulties, how to save the child?

Then they have to be transported out by first-class divers one by one.An Australian doctor went in and anesthetized the kids, wrapped them up in diving equipment and shipped them out like a package.

If they are not anesthetized, any struggle during the transportation may be in danger.A Thai rescue team member died inside.He got stuck in a 40cm narrow hole.In an underwater cave that is completely dark and unable to communicate, once you get lost or get stuck, you will die.

It usually takes 10 hours to move a child each time, and by the end every rescuer is exhausted.Finally, on July 7, all 10 children and the coach were rescued.

The moment I left the cave, my spirit seemed to collapse in an instant, and my body suddenly lost energy.

Many reporters and netizens asked us questions, and I became impatient.What impressed me deeply was that someone asked me at the end: So many countries participated in the rescue, did you hang the national flag? "

I replied that we are not war wolves and did not hang the national flag. "

Wang Ke smiled wryly and said: "This matter has attracted a lot of criticism on the Internet. But in fact, our camp not only has no national flag, but also does not emphasize who is stronger and who has more initiative among countries. There is no competition, no division, and it is all about unity. Unanimous, bent on saving the child!

(End of this chapter)