Chapter 393: A good reputation for sacrificing oneself to save others
Wang Chengzhu, who was always paying attention to the situation of unloading ships, handed the goods on his shoulders to the steward of the cargo yard. He didn't bother to collect the piece-rate tickets and strode towards the shore.
Unlike the guards, supervisors, and stevedores who gathered around the shore to watch the excitement, several safety officers from the Port and Terminal Union carried hard lifebuoys and flail-like tow bars, pushing through the crowd and preparing to rescue people.
In April in Bohai Bay, the water near the coast is still bone-chillingly cold.
The stevedores who fell into the water obviously knew how to swim, but the water-soaked clothes severely restricted their physical movements. In addition, they fell into the sea with the heavy objects on their shoulders and suffered varying degrees of injuries. Their movements in the cold sea water were visibly slow as they struggled to survive.