China student honoured for carrying classmate on his back to safety during quake
Youngster acts on instinct, returns to shaking classroom to save fellow student from ravages of 4.6 magnitude tremor
Internet users in China have heaped praise on a secondary school student who carried an injured classmate on his back to escape an earthquake.
Netizens have also given his school a pat on the back for giving the student an ample reward for his heroics.
The quake, estimated to be of a magnitude of 4.6, hit Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui autonomous region in north-central China at 16:43 on January 2, reported the state broadcaster CCTV.
Video surveillance records show students at Yinchuan Foreign Language Experimental School rushing out of their classroom when it hit.
Some terrified students panicked and screamed, according to the video footage.
Guo Qing, a secondary school student, was also seen standing up from his seat and walking quickly towards the door of a classroom.