It was raining, and an old man suddenly fell to the ground and passed away peacefully. Passersby who saw this stopped one after another to hold umbrellas for the old man. Among them were policemen and employees of a department store - all were strangers to the old man.
They took turns holding the umbrellas until more than an hour later when the old man's family arrived at the scene.
This scene happened on the streets of Shaoxing in the morning of the day before yesterday.
A perfectly fine person suddenly left
At around 10:00 in the morning of the day before yesterday, many citizens gathered on the pedestrian walkway of Victory East Road in the urban area of Shaoxing. A person was lying on the ground, completely covered by a raincoat. Everyone was discussing what had happened.
Many people said that just now, an old man suddenly collapsed in the rain and lost consciousness. The doctors from the nearby 120 Emergency Center were also helpless, estimating that this old man had already passed away.
The first eyewitness who discovered this old man was a cleaner named Xiao Tang who was sweeping the Victory Road. Xiao Tang told the reporter that at the time, he saw an old man leaning his head down beside a bicycle parked by the roadside, wearing a raincoat, motionless. Seeing the situation was not good, he called over Xiao Jiang, a salesperson from the nearby Xiong Feng Department Store, and Xiao Jiang immediately called 110 to report the incident.
Two minutes later, the police officers arrived at the scene, followed shortly by the 120 ambulance.
Officer Jin Yang from the Ji Shan Police Station of Yuecheng Public Security Bureau told the reporter that the station received the alarm at 9:38 in the morning. Since the location of the incident was very close to the police station, they arrived at the scene two minutes later. From discovering the old man to the arrival of the 120 ambulance at the scene, it only took a few short minutes, yet the old man's pupils had already dilated, with no signs of life.
At the time, since they did not know the identity of the old man, the police could only search for clues from his belongings. Eventually, they found a mobile phone and some cash on the old man. Through an unanswered call on the old man's phone, the police contacted the old man's family member who was working in Keqiao, Shaoxing County. Upon receiving the call, the family members of the old man simply could not believe it was true - how could a perfectly fine person suddenly pass away?
For over an hour, umbrella after umbrella held up the dignity of life
From the moment the old man was found lying beside the bicycle to when his family arrived at the scene, every citizen present was deeply concerned. But due to the lack of information about the old man, everyone was at a loss as to what to do.
It was raining heavily at the time, and citizens took turns holding umbrellas for the old man.
During this more than an hour, apart from the citizens taking turns holding umbrellas for the old man, there was another detail that was praised by many citizens: the two police officers who arrived at the scene first stood in the rain holding an umbrella for the old man. When they got tired, they squatted; when they got too tired squatting, they stood up again. Even after the doctor confirmed that the old man had passed away, the small umbrella in their hands never left the old man, while their clothes behind them were already soaked through.
It was these small umbrellas that upheld the final dignity of the old man's life.
The reporter learned from the police that the old man who passed away surnamed Liu, lived in Baima Fan in the urban area, and was already 89 years old. He still had an elderly spouse at home. Uncle Liu was usually in good health, full of spirit, and often went out riding his bicycle alone. It was said that on that day, he was preparing to ride his bicycle to the meeting of retired cadres, but unexpectedly collapsed beside his own bicycle.
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