Awarding the “Brave Youth” Badge to a male student who saved a drowning child

05/05/2022 17:03 GMT+7

On May 5, the representative of Nghe An Provincial Youth Union presented the Brave Youth Badge of the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union to Dang Ngoc Thai An, a student of class 9D, Quynh Hong Secondary School, Quynh Luu District for having Act bravely, in time save your drowning friend.

Representative of Nghe An Provincial Youth Union awarded the Badge of Courageous Youth to Dang Ngoc Thai An.

Before that, on April 20, Dang Ngoc Thai An was on her way home to collect missing papers for citizenship at school, when she passed the Memorial of Quynh Hong commune, she discovered a group of students studying at the school. student is standing shouting.

Approaching to check, An discovered a child was struggling in the lake. Immediately, he jumped down to rescue the student and brought him ashore, carried out chest compressions, CPR and promptly saved the child’s life. .

At the ceremony, Deputy Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Youth Union Thai Minh Sy praised Dang Ngoc Thai An’s brave actions and shared: “Thai An’s beautiful actions need to be widely spread and propagated; Besides, the incident is also a warning for students, parents and families to cultivate more knowledge about drowning prevention to avoid unfortunate incidents.”

Previously, on April 22, Quynh Luu District Youth Union (Nghe An) also went to Quynh Hong Secondary School to present certificates of merit and commend Dang Ngoc Thai An for taking courageous actions and promptly saving a drowning friend.

Over the past decade, drowning has claimed the lives of more than 2.5 million people globally. It is estimated that every year about 236,000 people die from drowning. It is one of the top ten causes of death for children aged 5 to 14 years.
More than 90% of drowning accidents occur in low- and middle-income countries. This serious figure does not include the number of deaths due to waterway traffic accidents and natural disasters.
In Vietnam, with many prevention efforts, each year has reduced on average 100 cases of children drowning, however, it is estimated that by 2020, there are still about 2,000 children under 16 years old dying from drowning each year. country.
Warning about child drowning accidents, Dr. Kidong Park, World Health Organization Representative in Vietnam emphasized: “Losing a child to drowning is a tragedy that has to be endured by a family. and no parent should go through that pain, no one should. The government and partners have solutions to reduce drowning deaths, but at the community level, we also need to raise awareness of each family to protect their children from drowning.”

Bao Tram