Police officers form a human ladder to save an 11-year-old boy from being washed away by a raging river in China
- The child in Xinjiang had fallen into the water while playing by the river alone
- The boy had been washed downstream for about 1.2 miles before he was rescued
- Thanks to the officers’ quick-thinking, the boy has survived the ordeal unharmed
Police officers in China have saved a boy from being washed away by a raging river by forming a human ladder to pull him out of the icy water.
The child, 11, had fallen into the water while playing by the river alone in the county of Yingjisha in Kashgar in western China’s Xinjiang Autonomous Region last Thursday.
Thanks to the officers’ quick-thinking, the boy has survived the ordeal unharmed.
Police officers in Xinjiang, west China saving a boy from being washed away by a raging river by forming a human ladder to pull him out of the icy water last Thursday
The boy had been washed downstream for about 1.2 mile before he was rescued by the officers
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The Aigusi Police Station was informed that a child had fallen into a river at around 7pm and immediately dispatched officers to the scene.
The boy was being washed downstream when officers found him, according to Xinjiang Daily.
Assistant police officer Dawuti, who helped with the rescue operation, said the boy was struggling and drowning in the fast currents.
He said it was a dangerous situation.
The officers drove their car along the river until they were ahead of the boy. Officer Dawuti then quickly got out the car and dashed into the water towards the child
Officer Dawuti grabbed the boy’s right hand and pulled the child along the river, which was about 60 centimetres (2 feet) deep, for about six metres (19 feet)
The officers drove their car along the river until they were ahead of the boy. Officer Dawuti then quickly got out the car and dashed into the water towards the child.
Dawuti told Xinjiang Daily that the boy had been washed downstream for about two kilometres (1.2 miles) before he was rescued.
He grabbed the boy’s right hand and pulled the child along the river, which was about 60 centimetres (2 feet) deep, for about six metres (19 feet).
Then he managed to grab onto another colleague who had formed a human ladder with the rest of the offices on the river bank.
After changing the child out of his wet clothes, the police took the boy to the hospital for a check-up. Luckily, he was not injured.
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