Portrait of a “real life hero” who saved 4 people from drowning in Vung Tau sea makes public admire – Young people

The regret of “hero” Ngo Hieu is not being able to save everyone.

Portrait of Mr. Thai Ngo Hieu

On April 10, on the beach at Phuoc Tinh beach, Long Dien district, Ba Ria – Vung Tau, a group of 4 tourists drowned. As a result of the incident, 1 person died, 3 others were fortunately saved.

Notably, while the group of tourists was in trouble, a man coordinated with people to find a way to rescue. He is the one who won back the lives of 3 victims in the incident.

He is Thai Ngo Hieu, an officer of the Trang Bom Regional Civil Engineering and Construction Team – Dong Nai Provincial Police Department of Fire and Rescue. While traveling with his family, when he heard people calling for help, Mr. Hieu quickly gave first aid and first aid to the victims.

In the Dan Tri newspaper, Lieutenant Hieu, 33 years old, said that at the time of the accident, the swimming area was only with the group of victims and his family there. Artificial rocky shore – the area where the victims swim is about 40m long, more than 30m from the shore. The inside of the rocky shore had no waves, at first the victims gathered there, then they encountered unusually large waves, so they clung to each other, swept away by the waves.

Swim to the place, Mr. Hieu climbed onto the rocky shore, looked down and saw that the group was dying. Waves swept them out to sea more than 10m from the rocky shore. In it, a girl fainted, was hugged by a young man.

Mr. Hieu saves the victims

Mr. Ngo Hieu, jumped down, swam to the spot and hit the young man’s hand hard, separating the two. He pulled the girl and pushed 2 other young men to the shore at the same time. At that time, Hieu heard the voice of friends on the shore: “Hieu, be careful. Don’t try too hard”.

But without time to rest, Mr. Hieu returned immediately. Fortunately, just swimming to the place, local people were present and saved 2 more people in trouble. The last person was then pulled to safety by Mr. Hieu.

“Before that, I had been swimming for a long time, my body was tired, so people were afraid that I wouldn’t be able to save the victims, sometimes affecting their lives. But at that time I didn’t think much of it, just thought how to save it. I’m a lifeguard, my conscience won’t allow me to stop,” said Lieutenant Thai Ngo Hieu.

Lieutenant Thai Ngo Hieu with his wife

Unlike her friends, Ms. Van Anh (33 years old, wife of Mr. Hieu) did not stop her husband, but encouraged and energized him to swim back to the sea for the second time to save lives.

After about 10 minutes, Hieu brought 4 people to shore safely. However, there are victims with cyanosis, some lying motionless, signs of apnea, cardiac arrest. Lt. Hieu immediately rushed over to perform CPR, heart compression, chest compression. The most critical person regained consciousness after about 2 minutes of timely emergency and was taken to the hospital soon after. The incident was recorded by a friend in Hieu’s group and shared on social networks, attracting many people’s attention.

Lieutenant Hieu said, this is not the first time he has saved people. Mr. Thai Ngo Hieu was also an example of good people and good deeds of the Fire Protection and Rescue Police force in 2021. As a soldier of the people’s police, he has participated in many dangerous and difficult cases.

He participated in many rescues such as: The truck lost its brakes and plunged into the lake on December 7, 2020, in Vinh Cuu district, searching for the body of a victim of a construction project collapse at Giang Dien industrial park. , Trang Bom district.

However, for the young lieutenant, this rescue is considered his most memorable memory because he saved many people’s lives at the same time, and the job was spread by the online community.

On the evening of April 10, Mr. Hieu still stayed with his family in Phuoc Tinh commune with his family, and will return home to Trang Bom this morning.

Regarding the health of drowning victims, this morning (April 11), the director of Ba Ria Hospital, Ba Ria – Vung Tau province, Mr. Nguyen Van Huong said that the last patient’s health was in the drowning incident. occurred on April 10, has passed the critical period and is recovering.

According to Dr. Nguyen Van Huong, Director of Ba Ria Hospital, on the morning of March 10, the hospital received emergency treatment for 4 drowning patients, including 1 person in very critical condition.

Before that, a group of 10 young people in Ho Chi Minh City went to a tourist area in Phuoc Tinh commune, Long Dien district, Ba Ria – Vung Tau), rented a room to play. At about 8am, the group went to the beach to bathe and take pictures when the high tide swept them all away.

5 people in the group (3 women, 2 men) were swept away by the waves and drowned. The people around heard the cry for help and quickly rescued, brought 4 people ashore in a state of exhaustion, 1 victim was missing and his body was found a few hundred meters away from the scene.

The incident was then videotaped by people, posted on social networks and received hundreds of comments and shares about Lieutenant Hieu’s brave actions. In addition, some also expressed their condolences to the victim’s family.