‘Super Ironwoman’ saves drowning man in storm
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A RUNNER was hailed as “Super Ironwoman” after she plunged into Hong Kong’s typhoon-whipped waters to save a drowning man, local media reported yesterday.
Louise Chow was jogging along the waterfront on Wednesday when she spotted dozens of people gathering to watch the attempted rescue of the man from Victoria Harbour, with waters churned by gusts of more than 100 kilometers an hour.
“I don’t know why I suddenly had such an urge to take off my shoes and socks, and then I dived in,” Chow, a diving coach, said.
Clutching a lifesaver, she grabbed the man and pulled him to land, with dramatic pictures in local media showing other rescuers helping to hoist him from the water.
The 24-year-old man, who had reportedly tried to commit suicide, was crying.
“He said, ‘I’m dying, I’m dying ... I have nothing now, I came to Hong Kong alone, I have nothing now,” Chow said. She stayed with him until emergency services arrived.
He was taken to hospital where he was in a stable condition. Police said the man, reportedly from Shenzhen in Guangdong Province, had a record of mental illness.
Chow had cut herself on a shell and received medical treatment before resuming her 3-kilometer run, The Standard newspaper said.
Witnesses dubbed her “Super Ironwoman,” the paper reported, adding that she had previously helped rescue novice divers in Hong Kong.
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