Chairman of An Giang Provincial People’s Committee met the child who fell in the river – Photo: EX
On September 11, police from Binh Khanh Ward, Long Xuyen City, An Giang Province said they were issuing a notice to find relatives of a boy, about 3–4 years old, who fell from a bridge into the river and his father had saved him. And the son on the rice boat…
At about 11 am on the same day, in the Ton Duc Thang bridge area (Binh Khanh Ward, Long Xuyen City, An Giang Province), a boy of about 3-4 years old suddenly fell from the bridge into the river.
At that time, Mr. Bui Ngoc Tho (63 years old) and his son Bui Huu Thanh (39 years old, lived in Phuoc Long Ward, O Mon District, Can Tho City) were sailing a rice boat in the direction of Thoi Son. To Long Xuyen City…
Mr. Tho heard a noise in the river, so he immediately investigated. After that, he noticed that a child was showing signs of being drowned in water, so he immediately asked his son to jump in to save him. Than tried to swim faster and rescued the boy and brought him to the shore.
The boy was taken to the emergency room by the public and Binh Khanh Ward police were informed. The boy’s health is stable, but he cannot speak.
The chairman of An Giang Provincial People’s Committee gave an unexpected reward to Mr Tho and his son – Photo: EX
Receiving the information, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Binh, Chairman of the People’s Committee of An Giang Province, and Ms. Dang Thi Hoa Re, Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Long Xuyen City – visited the child. Additionally, Mr. Tho and Mr. Thanh were given an unexpected reward, as well as praise for those who immediately responded to save the child’s life.
On the same day, there was also a video recording of people participating in saving the child on social networks. Another image recorded a man carrying a boy across the bridge before people realized what had happened.
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