Chapter 119 Underwater Rescue
When the bus hit the guardrail and rushed down the sea-crossing bridge, the invigilator on the bus and the students behind were all frightened.
"Fuck! The car fell down! Fuck! The car fell down!"
The shocked students could no longer speak and could only use those two words to describe their mood at the moment.
Ye Ming hurriedly turned on the double flashers and parked the exam car on the side of the road. At this moment, there was a traffic jam on the bridge. All the cars stopped and people gathered towards the bridge.
After the bus fell into the water, it sank quickly. When people came to the bridge and looked down, they could only see bubbles popping up.
"Save people quickly! Save people quickly!"
The crowd was in chaos, some were shouting, some were calling the police, and several people were trying to go down to save people, but the bridge was too high and jumping off would be tantamount to death.
People don't know how many people are in the bus, but there must be a lot. If the delay continues, none of those people will survive.
However, the people present had no professional rescue knowledge, let alone professional rescue equipment, so they could only stand on the bridge and worry.
At this moment, a figure ran from a distance, separated from the crowd and came to the bridge. He jumped without hesitation, just like an Olympic diver drawing a strong arc in the air, and there was no splash when he plunged into the water.
One drop.
"Damn it! Did someone jump just now?"
"Aren't you looking for death by jumping so high? If you want to be a hero, why don't you have some brains?"
"Did you record it? That jump just now was so cool!"
"I'm recording it and will post it online later. My clicks will definitely increase!"
The person who jumped just now was none other than Ye Ming, who was taking his driver's license exam.
When Ye Ming passed the bus, he glanced and saw that there were at least a dozen passengers inside. If he didn't go to save people, more than a dozen lives would be ruined.
Ye Ming possesses the body protection "Cang Sheng Jue", which did not cause any harm after entering the water. With his breath-holding ability that is beyond ordinary people, he uses his wonderful eyes to search under the turbid water.
Ye Ming quickly found the bus that had fallen to the bottom of the river, and immediately paddled downstream.
When he came to the window, Ye Ming saw that the water inside had filled half of the carriage. More than a dozen passengers were already in a mess. Some people tried to break the glass with a fire extinguisher, but they couldn't break it under the pressure of the river water.
"Someone! Someone is coming!"
A passenger discovered Ye Ming and immediately shouted to everyone. Everyone immediately ran over and slapped the windows to ask Ye Ming to help them out.
Ye Ming did not break the glass recklessly, because once it was broken, the river water would quickly pour in. He might be able to rescue one or two people as quickly as possible, but others would drown in it.
The water quickly reached the waist, and everyone became desperate. Even a few people with poor psychological quality cried and begged Ye Ming to save them.
Ye Ming was also worried. These were living lives, and behind them was a family. If they drowned here, how many people would be heartbroken.
But Ye Ming knew that he could not rescue everyone with his own abilities. He was not a superman and could not lift a bus weighing more than ten tons out of the water.
But Ye Ming knew that there was one thing that could pull the bus out of the water, which was a heavy-duty crane parked on the bridge.
It was a XCMG five-section crane with a maximum rated lifting capacity of 55 tons. When the bus rushed off the bridge, Ye Ming saw that the crane was blocked by a stopped vehicle.
Having made up his mind, Ye Ming paddled towards the water with both hands.
At this moment, the bridge was crowded with people, and four red fire trucks and two white medical vehicles were parked on both sides of the river.
Two black official cars came quickly, and as soon as the car stopped, Yao Tianming hurriedly got out.
Yao Tianming came here from the county committee meeting. He heard that a bus fell into the river and left the county committee team behind, so he hurried here.
A bus is a large vehicle with many passengers inside. If these people die, he will bear the blame and his career will be over.
"Deputy County Magistrate Yao, you are here!"
A fire fighter stepped forward to salute. Yao Tianming waved his hand and frowned and asked: "How is the situation?"
The fire fighter looked grim: "The situation is not optimistic. The river was just desilted last year, and this year it is in the flood season. The water is more than ten meters deep, making rescue very difficult."
Even if it was extremely difficult, we could not do nothing. Deputy County Magistrate Yao immediately set up a temporary command group and formulated a rescue plan himself. The private rescue team collaborated with the firefighters to carry out the rescue mission.
There was a crane parked on the bridge across the river. Deputy County Magistrate Yao directly requisitioned it and arranged for divers to go down and cooperate with the crane to lift the submerged bus.
Yuncheng County officials do not have professional divers and diving equipment, but there is a private diving team that has rushed here after contacting them, but it will take at least half an hour.
This was already the fastest deployment of personnel, but Yao Tianming knew that within half an hour, the bus would be filled with water, and the chance of survival of the people inside was very slim.
Just when Yao Tianming was at a loss what to do, water splashed on the river, and a man emerged from the water.
Yao Tianming's first reaction was that someone broke the window and escaped from the bus.
"Hurry and save people!"
A small speedboat that had been waiting for rescue on the water drove over, and rescuers wearing life jackets immediately pulled the person out.
The speedboat docked, and the medical team on standby immediately took over. Medical staff in white coats gave Ye Ming oxygen and measured his blood pressure.
Ye Ming pulled off the oxygen mask: "I'm fine, who among you is responsible!"
Yao Tianming came forward surrounded by a crowd, and was obviously startled when he saw Ye Ming.
"Ye...Ye Ming!"
"Deputy County Magistrate Yao!"
When there was a traffic accident on the highway and the car caught fire instantly, Ye Ming rescued the trapped people regardless of safety. It was Deputy County Magistrate Yao who took people to Xiahewan to offer condolences, so the two were old acquaintances.
Ye Ming didn't waste any words. He briefly explained the underwater situation, put forward his own thoughts, and used a crane to lift the underwater bus up.
Yao Tianming was extremely excited. The people trapped underwater were still alive, and his career was temporarily saved.
Ye Ming and Yao Tianming had the same idea. What they lacked was someone who could dive. Since Ye Ming could do it, there was no need to wait for professional divers.
Yao Tianming immediately took the walkie-talkie. The crane on the bridge was already ready. The four stabilizing columns were unfolded, the accelerator roared, and the big arm was stretched out.
This is a five-section 50t crane produced by XCMG. It uses a SINOTRUK Hangfa Steyr engine with a maximum output power of 247kw and a rated lifting capacity of 50 tons. It is not easy to lift a bus of more than ten tons.
The hook quickly fell to the water. Yao Tianming gave Ye Ming a waterproof high-frequency walkie-talkie. Since he could not speak underwater, the two parties agreed on a secret code. As long as Ye Ming pressed the call button three times in a row, Yao Tianming would let him know after receiving the signal.
Crane lifting.
After packing up, Ye Ming grabbed the hook and sank into the water, but Yao Tianming's heart was lifted.
Time passed minute by minute, and the intercom never sent back a signal. Yao Tianming kept looking at his watch, and his palms gradually became sweaty.
According to the formal procedures, Ye Ming is not a professional rescuer, and he is not wearing diving equipment. If he lets him go down, he is violating the rules. If Ye Ming cannot come up, he has made a command error and will be reviewed!
Five minutes passed in the blink of an eye, and Yao Tianming could no longer sit still. Could it be that Ye Ming encountered an accident underwater?
Just as he was thinking wildly, three rapid bursts of electricity suddenly came from the intercom.
Yao Tianming was overjoyed. This was the signal agreed with Ye Ming. He immediately took another walkie-talkie and gave the order to lift to the staff on the bridge.
Chapter completed!