Our reporter Zhang Jian - On the morning of the eighth day of the Chinese New Year, the Zhang Yumei family from Shuangjing Village, Shilipu Town, Miyun County, went to Chang'an community in that county to thank in person the village director of Qingshailing Village, Gaoling Town, Zhang Quande, who had saved her and her daughter. On the afternoon of the fifth day of the Spring Festival, Zhang Yumei and her daughter accidentally fell into an ice hole. The four members of the Zhang Quande's family were the first to lend a helping hand and rescued the mother and daughter.
Recalling the situation at the time of the incident, Zhang Yumei was still trembling with fear. On the afternoon of the fifth day, she took her daughter to go shopping in the county town. To take a shortcut, they crossed the river surface of Mihong Park. When they reached the center of the river, the ice suddenly collapsed, causing Zhang Yumei's daughter to fall into the ice hole. Seeing her daughter fall into the river, Zhang Yumei immediately reached out to pull her, but unexpectedly she also fell into the ice hole. The cold and bone-chilling river water quickly flooded up to the shoulders of the two, and they hurriedly shouted for help.
At the time of the incident, the family of Zhang Quande, the village director of Qingshailing Village, Gaoling Town, were playing nearby. Zhang Quande said that they soon heard the cries for help, and many other tourists around them also shouted for help. After hearing the call for help, Zhang Quande and his son Zhang Sai, Zhang Saisheng, and his brother-in-law Zhao Wenge ran more than twenty meters quickly and rushed to the scene. Facing the drowning mother and daughter, the four members of the Zhang Quande family first held hands in a straight line, trying to rescue them, but this method did not work. Subsequently, Zhang Quande found a stick nearby, then held hands with his family and passed the stick to the drowning mother and daughter while leaning forward as much as possible. Zhang Yumei's daughter tightly grabbed the stick. Within about five minutes, the mother and daughter were successfully rescued. Zhang Yumei recalled that Zhang Quande even took out his mobile phone to let her contact her family. Due to timely assistance, Zhang Yumei and her daughter were both unharmed.
After recovering, Zhang Yumei called Zhang Quande multiple times, preparing to visit to express her gratitude, but all were politely declined by Zhang Quande. Zhang Quande said that in such a situation, anyone would do their best to help, "it's really nothing, just doing what I should do."