China firefighters hailed as heroes after falling to their death Thursday last week. Now, their story is abuzz on social media and both are being hailed as heroes. The incident of the two young China firefighters hailed as heroes after falling to their death reportedly happened while the two were on duty.
According to the city's fire department as reported by Chinapost, the firefighters are identified as Qian Lingyun and Liu Jie. They died Thursday while responding to the fire in an apartment on the 13th floor of a building in Shanghai, China's commercial capital. Lingyun and Jie was were inside the high-rise building when the unspeakable happened. Now, the two China firefighters hailed as heroes after falling to their death is spreading on social media.
The department said that firefighters were reportedly breaking down the apartment door when an abrupt blast occurred and hot air and smoke blew out into the floor's elevator area. This was where Qian and Liu were apparently stationed during that time, says a report by the AFP. While trying to save lives from the fire, the force from the blast blew the two through an open window, as seen in the photo above. They fell to a terrace above the building's entrance.
On Friday, Beijing News daily published a front page story on the China firefighters hailed as heroes after falling to their death. They showed a dramatic photo of the two men plummeting from the building. According to Daily Times, the fire department did not disclose the young men's exact ages, but they detailed that Qian was born in 1991, while Liu was in 1994.
On Saturday, a Chinese microblog similar to Twitter called Sina Weibo started popping up remembrances of the two China firefighters hailed as heroes after falling to their death. The social networking site had the several messages from the public.
"You are heroes."
Another said, "Heaven needs the brave like you" with two photos of burning candles to signify remembrance.
There were also questions whether there was any possibility of the deaths prevented.
One post said, "It looks more like a safety accident. (Didn't they) think about the blast before breaking the door?"
Qian, one of the China firefighters hailed as heroes after falling to their death, also had a weibo account. His last post reportedly suggested the difficulty of his work as a firefighter. He wrote, "It's not been easy this year, still more than a half year to go! I'm holding on!"
On Saturday morning, there were already 92,340 comments from social media users on Qian's 'final' post.
One person wrote, "An ordinary person has shown us an extraordinary heart. Good-bye our hero, rest in peace."
According to China Daily on Saturday, one post was even more heartfelt. It read, "You explained to the world that the generation born after 1990 is courageous - not a crumbling generation. Thank you, my heroes."
China firefighters hailed as heroes after falling to their death isn't a common thing read on the news today. This incident showed the bravery and dedication of firefighters, not just in China but the whole world.
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