The lieutenant who saved 4 drowning people was promoted to the rank of rank

On April 11, General To Lam, Minister of Public Security, signed the above decision with officer Hieu, 33 years old, an officer of the Fire and Rescue Team in Trang Bom area, Long Dien district, Dong Nai province.

On the same day, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc also praised Captain Hieu for his “brave action to save many people from drowning”. The President expressed his admiration for Mr. Hieu’s courageous spirit, not afraid of danger, and emphasized that this was a brave, chivalrous and noble act. The President hoped that the examples of self-sacrifice for the lives of the victims need to be spread so that “more people have more faith in the good things in life”.

Before that, around 8 a.m. on April 10, Mr. Hieu was swimming at the beach at Zenna Resort in Phuoc Tinh commune, Long Dien district, Ba Ria – Vung Tau province when he discovered a group of people drowned in the area. deep, fast-flowing water.

He immediately swam towards the group of people who were being pulled about 40 meters away from the shore by the waves. At this point, the group panicked, clung to each other. A girl was being drowned, seemingly exhausted. Hieu used all his strength to pull her out of the group.

The male police officer then pulled the victim to the shore, performed CPR, and pressed the chest. A few minutes later, hearing the people on the shore shouting and the victim, he immediately went to the sea to dive and bring more people ashore. The process of saving 4 people took place in 10 minutes.

After a while, it was discovered that a girl was still missing, but the efforts of Hieu and others did not yield results, the victim’s body was found at noon of the same day.

Pham Du