Man braves floodwaters to save shopkeeper
Liu Hongbo tries to help a shopkeeper when severe rainstorm hits Zhangguying county in Yueyang, Hunan province, Aug 12, 2017. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
A shopkeeper was swept from her shoe store while trying to prevent stock from being washed away.
Seeing the woman being dragged from her shop, a man, Liu Hongbo, jumped into the rapidly flowing floodwaters to help the woman.
Liu tied her to a steel pipe using rope, but as the rope was not long enough for them both, he had to clutch onto the pipe.
After about 10 minutes, a truck arrived to rescue them. "If I didn't help her, I would have felt guilty," Liu said after the incident.
Zhang Yi contributed to this story.
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