Yesterday, Mr. Lu Chaosen, an elderly man, gave a thumbs up in gratitude when he talked about the five girls and policemen who helped him.
Yesterday, a热心reader called the Chongqing Evening News to inquire about the cost of a superconducting visual painless abortion in Changchun? Which is the better hospital for abortion in Changchun? On October 2nd, an 84-year-old man suddenly fell by the roadside near Huangjue Garden in Jiulongpo District. He had multiple facial injuries and was covered in blood. Five passing girls immediately went forward to help him up and call 110. They only left after two policemen arrived at the scene.
The caller repeatedly requested that the Chongqing Evening News report on this matter and thank these five girls who saved the old man's life.
Chongqing Evening News intern reporter Wu Juan, reporter Shi Zongwei, and photographer reported.
An octogenarian falls on the road, five girls immediately help him up.
At noon yesterday, in the A ward of Daping Hospital, the Chongqing Evening News reporter met Mr. Lu Chaosen, aged 84. The elderly man was sitting on the bed, wearing a tank top over his long-sleeved shirt, with an IV drip still in his right hand. There were four or five wounds on his face, and the cuts that had bled had already scabbed over. Upon seeing the Chongqing Evening News reporter, Mr. Lu Chaosen and his family repeatedly said: "This matter must be reported, we need to thank these good-hearted people."
Mr. Lu Chaosen was very clear-headed, and when the Chongqing Evening News reporter asked him about the situation at the time, he could clearly answer. Mr. Lu Chaosen recalled that at around 5 p.m. on October 2nd, after leaving a teahouse near Huangjue Garden, he was holding an umbrella and preparing to go home. Due to the rain, there were few pedestrians on the road. After walking a few steps, he suddenly felt dizzy, weak in the legs, and fell heavily to the ground. Since his face directly hit the ground, several places on his skin were scraped, and the blood flowed profusely.
Before he could react, five passing girls came forward to help him up. After being helped up, he still hadn't stabilized when he wobbled again and fell down, losing consciousness while hearing someone calling 110. These five girls helped him up again, but at this point, Mr. Lu Chaosen's legs had no strength, unable to stand steadily, continuously sliding down. After being helped up four times in succession, Mr. Lu Chaosen was assisted to a bus stop more than ten meters away, where he rested on a waiting bench.
Mr. Lu Chaosen said that during the 20 minutes from when he fell until the police arrived, these few girls stayed with him all the time, leaving without leaving any information.
"Others have saved you, how can you bite back with a guilty conscience?"
"My second life was propped up by them!" After recounting the entire process, Mr. Lu Chaosen excitedly told the Chongqing Evening News reporter that it was these girls and the police who saved his life.
Lu Yuping, Mr. Lu Chaosen's eldest daughter, told the Chongqing Evening News reporter that the two policemen took her father to the nearby railway hospital. At the time, her father's face was covered in blood, his hands, face, and clothes were smeared with mud. After treating the facial wounds at the railway hospital, the police then sent her father home. It was then that the children learned that their father had fallen and been injured.
After returning home, the elderly man felt unwell, very weak, unable to speak, and his blood pressure would rise slightly every time he opened his mouth. At 8 p.m. that evening, the family quickly sent the elderly man to Daping Hospital for emergency treatment.
"When he was unconscious, he kept reminding us to definitely thank those who saved him," said Lu Yuping. Her father is from Chaozhou, Guangdong, and has worked and lived in Chongqing for nearly 60 years. Apart from having high blood pressure, there was nothing seriously wrong with his health. He had never had any illness before, except that the night before the incident, the elderly man had suddenly fainted at home, but since there was no physical damage, it wasn't taken seriously. On the day of the incident, they only learned that their father had collapsed by the roadside and almost lost his life after receiving a hospital notification.
"Thanks to those few girls and the police, otherwise, if my father fell by the roadside, no one would know," said Lu Yuping gratefully.
Wu Miao, Mr. Lu Chaosen's granddaughter, sighed to the Chongqing Evening News reporter: "My grandfather was lucky not to encounter those people who see death and do nothing." She said she had read many news reports about how some people dare not save elderly people who have fallen for fear of getting into trouble. Luckily, her grandfather encountered a few brave girls; otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
When the Chongqing Evening News reporter asked her what she would do if she encountered such a situation, Wu Miao frankly admitted that if she really encountered such a situation, she wouldn't be sure what she would do. If there were many people around, she would offer help because there would be witnesses; if there were no people around, she would call 110 for handling.
Lu Yuping said that upon hearing this matter, her first reaction was heartfelt gratitude, with no suspicion at all. "How can you bite back with a guilty conscience when others kindly save you?! This matter also made our whole family believe even more that there are more good-hearted people in society. Therefore, my father very much hopes that the Chongqing Evening News can report on this matter and express gratitude to these kind-hearted people through the newspaper."
Five girls couldn't be found, possibly students from Sichuan Fine Arts Institute
According to the address provided by Mr. Lu Chaosen, yesterday afternoon, the Chongqing Evening News reporter came to the scene of the incident, hoping to find the five female university students and the two policemen. Since the location of the incident was close to the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Mr. Lu Chaosen guessed that the five girls might be students from Sichuan Fine Arts Institute.
In Huangjue Garden, the Chongqing Evening News reporter asked the owners of several nearby shops, and none of them knew about this matter. Inquiring at the bus stop also yielded no results. Considering that the police arrived quickly after receiving the alarm on the day of the incident, the Chongqing Evening News reporter speculated that it should be the police from the nearby traffic patrol platform. Thus, the Chongqing Evening News reporter went to the nearest Huangjueping Traffic Patrol Platform to inquire, and indeed, it was this platform that responded to the call. After contacting various parties, the Chongqing Evening News reporter found the policeman who responded to the call - Dai Haolian from the Ninth Duty Team of the Traffic Patrol Brigade of the Jiulongpo District Public Security Bureau.
Dai Haolian told the Chongqing Evening News reporter that around 5 p.m. that day, he received a call reporting that an elderly man had fallen by the roadside, and he immediately rushed to the scene with another auxiliary policeman. "There were some people surrounding the elderly man at the time, and it was unclear who made the call. Seeing him covered in blood and completely muddy, we didn't bother asking questions and hurriedly helped the elderly man onto the car."
Dai Haolian said that after simply treating the elderly man's wounds, they sent him to the nearby railway hospital. Based on the address provided by the elderly man, they went to notify his family but couldn't find them. So, they returned to the platform, using the elderly man's name and ID card to check the accurate address, and then sent the elderly man, who had been treated for facial wounds at the railway hospital, back home.
Action is the fundamental realization of morality
Girls often unexpectedly solve problems, and here, the widely discussed issue in recent years of "an elderly person falls, should you help them up?" and "how should you help them up?"—these issues that intellectuals, officials, and media debate endlessly—were simply resolved by five girls: not only should you help them up, but you should help them all the way.
These five young women may not have studied the Ministry of Health's recently issued guidelines on "how to rescue elderly people", may not be familiar with the Peng Yu case or Xu Yunhe case, and did not ask anyone to film evidence. They were practically "reckless", directly reaching out to save Mr. Lu Chaosen. Where did they get their courage? Are they not afraid of the rumors that "good Samaritans may be bitten back"? Are they not afraid of unexpected incidents involving the elderly?
They just acted.
For morality, we particularly need action.
"An elderly person falls, should you help them up"—is this still a question?! Mencius clearly explained long ago, "If a child falls into a well, should you give a hand?"—this is not a question at all. Because humans are inherently good, possessing compassion, and society cannot function without basic morality. The Book of Documents・Pangeng loudly proclaimed "Do not insult the elderly and accomplished, do not weaken the orphaned and the young."
For thousands of years, Chinese culture has not considered "an elderly person falls, should you help them up" as a worthy question. Only today, when we can travel in space, surpass many Western countries, and enjoy affluent lives, does it suddenly become an unclear issue.
What we should ponder is not the answer to this question, but how it became a question. From the Peng Yu case to the Xu Yunhe case, each case sends chills down one's spine. If helping a fallen elderly person poses such enormous risks, then a simple act of kindness becomes an unwavering adventure. Who will protect our goodness? Who will encourage us to walk alongside morality?
Behind these questions lies a true problem: what is happening to morality in our society? Today, our economy is rapidly developing, and material civilization has greatly improved, but traditional moral civilization is faltering under the impact of a commercialized society. Our millennia-old tradition of respecting the elderly and loving the young, unknown from when, has deteriorated to such a lamentable state.
Morality originates from goodness and sustains society. The overall development of society cannot proceed without the foundation of morality, and civilization cannot lack morality. Society needs to continuously build its required morality.
Morality is also a command, an action, an action without hesitation. Only action is the fundamental realization of morality. This is the truth told by these five girls. How to strengthen our traditional moral civilization, how to minimize the negative impact of a commercialized society on traditional moral civilization, what we need is action, and we need to dare to act like these five girls, rather than looking around and talking about other things.
Mr. Lu Chaosen is fortunate, but we hope all the elderly are as fortunate as he is, and we hope for more and more actors. For morality, let us take action.
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■ On November 20, 2006, a young man named Peng Yu in Nanjing claimed that he helped an elderly woman who fell at a bus stop, but she accused him of hitting her. As a result, Peng Yu was sentenced to pay the elderly woman over 40,000 yuan.
■ On August 4, 2011, in Zhengzhou, Henan, a 28-year-old youth named Jia Jianying claimed that he kindly helped an elderly woman who fell, but was extorted for 100,000 yuan, hoping eyewitnesses would come forward to clear his name.
■ On August 22, 2011, in Tianjin, a car owner named Xu Yunhe was ordered by the court to compensate over 100,000 yuan for helping an elderly woman who fell while climbing over a road barrier illegally.
■ On September 6, 2011, the Ministry of Health published the "Technical Guidelines for Intervention in Elderly Falls" suggesting not to rush to help them up, but to handle different situations accordingly.
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