Teenage hero who fended off bus attacker given second chance to take college entrance exam
Liu Yanbing was injured in a knife attack and forced to miss the 'gaokao' college exams
A teenage boy who missed the gaokao college entrance examination after he risked his life to save bus passengers has been granted a rare second chance, and more than ten mainland universities, including the prestigious Tsinghua University, have expressed their willingness to admit him to their schools.
According to local media reports, on May 31, 17-year-old Liu Yanbing was on a bus in the city of Yichun, Jiangxi Province when a knife-wielding man started to attack passengers.
The man stabbed Liu’s classmate Yi Zhengyong in the back, and then gashed Liu’s head and shoulder before Liu snatched the knife and stopped the attacker from hurting others.
The assailant fled the bus, but was later arrested by police on June 2.
The story of the attack became well-known a week ago, on June 7 - the first day of the gaokao, or national college entrance examination. Badly injured, both Liu and Yi were hospitalised and missed the exam.
Lying on a hospital bed with his head wrapped in gauze while his fellow classmates racked their brains at the exams, Liu soon found himself under the glare of the media spotlight, and local authorities awarded both him and Yi the honorary title of “Good Samaritan”.