Policeman Loses An Arm, Not His Tenacity

2016/06/13

Zhang Qianran

April 8, 2010 marked a sharp turning point in Chen Bin’s life.

That day, as a policeman posted at the Liangjiang District police station in Chongqing, Chen was on call to handle a theft, in which an electric transducer was stolen from a construction site.

While investigating the crime scene, he got a severe electric shock ultimately causing his right arm to be amputated and right leg permanently disabled.

“It happened within seconds. I lost my senses and felt my right arm amputated when I fell on the ground,” Chen said.

Deng Liang, a policeman， recalled, “I saw him sucked in by the high-voltage current. A few seconds later, he was dumped on the ground and smelt burnt. His right arm was charred to the bones with a pool of blood around. I was shocked. Chen asked me if his arm was burnt into ashes. All I could do was to cover his eyes.”

A 12-hour operation failed to save his right arm. When Chen woke up, he fumbled for his right arm. Nothing was left. Doctor noticed how depressed he was. Though it could not have been easy to accept, Chen Bin turned out to be tough enough.

“Only if I live a happy life will my parents be assured and convinced,” he said.

He was discharged from hospital in late 2010. Initially unable to walk, Chen never gave up. Despite being besieged by doubts of his own and loved ones around, he insisted on returning to walk.

His parents were worried for his health and wanted to secure him. Every day he practiced walking down the 18-floor building with left hand around the shoulder of his dad.

“It was a long journey to the other side of the mountain, every day we clambered to make it through,” Chen’s father said.

Chen made it. He is now able to walk independently.

His persistence overwhelmed his parents and the police department. Motived to assure his parents that he was as normal as ever, he now moved out of his parent's shelter and lived in a 30-square-meter room on his own.

He even declined a shorter working-hour and a rented house nearby.

Chen refused to resign due to disability. Rather, setting a precedent of sorts, in 54 months he sorted out 5,000 files.

He was awarded by the Ministry of Public Security for his achievements.

Born in 1981, Chen Bin is single. About his personal life, Chen seems to take it easy. He says that he saw love as a magnet between two normal independent persons.

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