Chinese Good Samaritan rescues 10 women and children with paddleboard after bus stranded by floods

China society

Maggie Zhang

Published: 2:00pm, 24 Jun 2016

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A Chinese “Good Samaritan” has been widely praised on mainland social media after using his paddleboard to rescue more than 10 women and children who became stranded in a bus during heavy floods, mainland media reports.

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Deng Wei comes to the rescue on his paddleboard in flood-hit Yibin on Thursday. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Telecom worker Deng Wei, who is a member of local mountain rescue team in Yibin, in Sichuan province, used the paddleboard he keeps in his office to ferry the passengers to safety after heavy rains left the bus and its occupants stuck in water up to one metre deep in Jinshajiang Avenue, in the city, on Thursday night, Chengdu Economic Daily reported.

Deng Wei reaches the bus to help stranded passengers during the heavy floods. Photo: SCMP Pictures

When Deng arrived, he found all the men that had been on the bus had already fled the scene.

Netizens nicknamed Deng “Rowing Brother” and praised his actions after news of his heroics was circulated on Sina Weibo – the mainland equivalent of Twitter – and then widely reported by mainland media.

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