Premier Li urges help for rescue workers
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PREMIER Li Keqiang has urged local authorities to ensure logistical and nutritional support for those searching for missing passengers in the Yangtze River after Monday’s fatal accident.
Li was speaking at the site yesterday morning where he is leading rescue work.
Heavy rain in the area is making work difficult for personnel, including the divers who were taking turns to go underwater overnight.
“Search and rescue is very physically demanding, and high-nutrition, high-energy food as well as other logistics must be well ensured for rescuers so that they can re-energize and redouble their efforts,” Li said.
“As long as there is the slightest hope, we must go all-out to find the missing,” he added.
“It’s our obligation.”
While visiting members of the dive team, Li asked how they were feeling and what the conditions were like underwater.
“Your skills are integral to this mission, and the public have huge expectations of you. The burden on your shoulders is heavy,” Li told the divers, urging them to be mindful of their own safety while racing against the clock to comb the ship.
According to government and army representatives at the site, the country’s best divers, search and rescue experts, and equipment are involved in the mission.
Li called for “coordinated, scientific and pertinent” use of the equipment that had been rushed to the site overnight.
The premier expressed his gratitude to everyone involved for their “devoted, continuous” effort.
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