Driver saved passengers, now 'revolutionary martyr'
By Li Qian |
June 5, 2012, Tuesday
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A CHINESE bus driver has been conferred the honorary title of "revolutionary martyr" for sacrificing his own life to save 24 of his passengers.
Wu Bin, a 48-year-old bus driver from the eastern city of Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province, died from his injuries last Friday, three days after a sheet of metal flew through the windshield of his bus while he was driving from Wuxi to Hangzhou.
Although mortally injured and in great pain, a surveillance video shows Wu stopping the bus, turning on the hazard lights, putting on the parking brake and advising the passengers to remain seated before collapsing from his injuries.
Wu's heroic deeds have deeply moved the public.
Thousands took part in a procession to bid him farewell yesterday.
His body was sent to Hangzhou Funeral Home for cremation under police escort.
Crowds that included migrant workers stood along the route, some with banners that head, "Hope you rest in peace." Police officers saluted.
More than 50 taxi drivers stopped working to escort the hearse.
Before the procession, hundreds of people, including government officials, came to lay wreaths and pay their respects at Wu's home.
Zhao Hongzhu, Party chief of Zhejiang Province, shed tears when he bowed to Wu's portrait yesterday morning. "His long-term moral cultivation contributes to his heroic acts," Zhao said.
The Zhejiang provincial government has conferred the honorary title of "revolutionary martyr" to commemorate Wu's acts of selflessness, a spokesman with the Hangzhou government said yesterday.
The Ministry of Transport yesterday honored Wu as a model worker and called on all staff in the transport sector to learn from his selfless deeds and improve transport safety, Xinhua news agency reported.
"All citizens in Hangzhou will be mobilized to learn from Wu," the city spokesman said.
An initial investigation found that metal fatigue caused the piece of metal to break. It was launched by the wheel into the air and smashed the windshield of Wu's bus, Wuxi police announced yesterday afternoon.
Police have identified nine vehicles that passed by the area at the time and they are trying to pin down the suspect, who they said will be punished for causing the driver's death.
The piece of 1.2-cubic-meter metal, weighing 3.5 kilograms, flew through the windshield and struck Wu's arm and abdomen.
The metal flew into the bus with nearly the force of a bomb and Wu's injuries were very grave, Dr Fang Zheng, who treated Wu in a Wuxi hospital, told Xinhua.
"His liver was seriously damaged and three ribs were broken. In such circumstances, he would be in great pain. I'm amazed that he could do that," he said.
Wu's sister Wu Bingxin said on Weibo that his funeral services would begin around 8am today. Feng Zhenglin, deputy minister of the Ministry of Transportation, planned to attend the service.
Wu Bin, a 48-year-old bus driver from the eastern city of Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province, died from his injuries last Friday, three days after a sheet of metal flew through the windshield of his bus while he was driving from Wuxi to Hangzhou.
Although mortally injured and in great pain, a surveillance video shows Wu stopping the bus, turning on the hazard lights, putting on the parking brake and advising the passengers to remain seated before collapsing from his injuries.
Wu's heroic deeds have deeply moved the public.
Thousands took part in a procession to bid him farewell yesterday.
His body was sent to Hangzhou Funeral Home for cremation under police escort.
Crowds that included migrant workers stood along the route, some with banners that head, "Hope you rest in peace." Police officers saluted.
More than 50 taxi drivers stopped working to escort the hearse.
Before the procession, hundreds of people, including government officials, came to lay wreaths and pay their respects at Wu's home.
Zhao Hongzhu, Party chief of Zhejiang Province, shed tears when he bowed to Wu's portrait yesterday morning. "His long-term moral cultivation contributes to his heroic acts," Zhao said.
The Zhejiang provincial government has conferred the honorary title of "revolutionary martyr" to commemorate Wu's acts of selflessness, a spokesman with the Hangzhou government said yesterday.
The Ministry of Transport yesterday honored Wu as a model worker and called on all staff in the transport sector to learn from his selfless deeds and improve transport safety, Xinhua news agency reported.
"All citizens in Hangzhou will be mobilized to learn from Wu," the city spokesman said.
An initial investigation found that metal fatigue caused the piece of metal to break. It was launched by the wheel into the air and smashed the windshield of Wu's bus, Wuxi police announced yesterday afternoon.
Police have identified nine vehicles that passed by the area at the time and they are trying to pin down the suspect, who they said will be punished for causing the driver's death.
The piece of 1.2-cubic-meter metal, weighing 3.5 kilograms, flew through the windshield and struck Wu's arm and abdomen.
The metal flew into the bus with nearly the force of a bomb and Wu's injuries were very grave, Dr Fang Zheng, who treated Wu in a Wuxi hospital, told Xinhua.
"His liver was seriously damaged and three ribs were broken. In such circumstances, he would be in great pain. I'm amazed that he could do that," he said.
Wu's sister Wu Bingxin said on Weibo that his funeral services would begin around 8am today. Feng Zhenglin, deputy minister of the Ministry of Transportation, planned to attend the service.
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