68岁老人坠江后漂浮近两小时后获救
68-year-old Senior Survives Two-hour Ordeal in the Yangzte River Following Accidental Fall
楚天都市报极目新闻讯（记者卢成汉 通讯员肖茁航 杨东亮 祝雷）
Jimu News of Chutian Metropolis Daily(Reporter: Lu Chenghan; Correspondents: Xiao Zhuohang, Yang Dongliang, Zhu Lei)
翻译：谢雅和 许灿 卫拉（湖北大学）
Translators Xie Yahe, Xu Can, Lisa M. K(Hubei University)
4月17日，一位68岁的老人在武汉长江新区盛源码头附近水域坠江，顺江漂流1000余米。幸被2名码头工人发现，迅速驾驶快艇，追赶100余米将其救起。
On April 17, a 68-year-old man fell into the Yangtze River near Shengyuan Port in Wuhan’s Yangtze River New Area and drifted over 1,000 meters downstream. He was eventually rescued by two quick thinking dockworkers who caught up to him following a 100-meter pursuit in a speedboat and pulled him to safety.
码头工人讲述救援经过 通讯员供图 Dock workers recounting the rescue.Photos provided by correspondents
17日7时许，在长江阳逻段，武汉盛源港口船舶服务有限公司的码头工人余涛和秦双林正在趸船上作业，发现上游江面漂浮着一个人。起初他们以为是游泳爱好者，并未在意。当漂浮的人员靠近趸船约25米时，两名码头工人看到水下的人正在招手。
The incident unfolded around 7:00 a.m. along the Yangluo stretch of the Yangtze River. Yu Tao and Qin Shuanglin, employees of Wuhan Shengyuan Port Ship Service Co., Ltd., were working on a pontoon when they noticed a person floating in the water heading upstream. Initially dismissing the figure as a recreational swimmer, they grew concerned as the individual drifted closer. When the man approached within 25 meters of their vessel, the workers realized he was frantically waving for help, partially submerged in the river.
“不好，可能有人坠江。”余涛和秦双林连忙向公司负责人罗盛华反映后，得到了指令：赶紧开动救援船，救人要紧。两名码头工人带上救生圈和救生杆，立即开动趸船边停靠的“盛源交通”艇，向漂浮人员追去。
Suspecting he had likely accidently fallen into the river, the duo quickly relayed the situation to Luo Shenghua, the company’s supervisor, who issued the order to launch the rescue boat as soon as possible. The two then drove the Shengyuan Traffic lifeboat, equipped with lifebuoys and rescue poles, in pursuit of the endangered individual.
此时，漂浮人员抱着一个包，还在向下游漂。交通艇追赶100余米后，终于靠近了漂浮人员。两名码头工人将绑好绳索的救生圈抛给对方，随后齐心协力，将其拉到艇上。
At that time, the victim, still clutching his bag, was struggling to stay afloat as he was getting swept by currents. Following a 100-meter chase in the speedboat, rescuers ultimately caught up with the man. In a joint effort, the rescue-duo cast a lifebuoy with ropes towards the man and pulled him to safety.
两名工人询问才知被救的蒋爹爹已68岁，在江水中漂了快两个小时。由于江水水温过低，蒋爹爹在艇上冷得直打哆嗦。两人见状，忙给老人换上了冬装，并在发热的引擎盖上铺上毯子，给其取暖。
Only after further inquiry did the rescuers learn that the rescued Mr. Jiang was 68 years old and had been floating in the river for nearly two hours. Now aboard, the elderly Jiang shivered from his ordeal in the frigid Yangzte waters. The two workers were quick to action as they draped Mr. Jiang in winter gear and spread a blanket over the heated engine hood forming a makeshift heater to keep him warm.
随后，长江新区城管综合执法局工作人员和长航公安民警也赶到现场，为蒋爹爹送来牛奶，并煮了一碗面条给他充饥。
Subsequently, the staff of the Urban Management Comprehensive Law Enforcement Bureau in the Yangtze River New Area and officers from the Changjiang Maritime Public Security Bureau soon arrived at the scene. The officers brought milk for Mr. Jiang and prepared a bowl of noodles to help him recuperate from the incident.
老人吃上热气腾腾的面条 通讯员供图 The rescued senior enjoys a bowl of hot noodles.Photos provided by correspondents
老人自述，他在阳逻大桥下游200米的江边意外落水，漂浮了约二个小时，都要撑不住了，多亏码头工人热心相助，才得以生还，获救时，离落水处已有1000余米。
The elderly man recounted that he accidentally fell into the water by the riverbank, 200 meters downstream from the Yangluo Bridge. After nearly two grueling hours in the river and on the verge of exhaustion, the timely help of the dock workers was his only lifeline. At the time of his rescue, he was more than 1,000 meters away from the location where he fell into the water.