Does anyone know how many people died in the freeze disaster in early 2008?

Touching stories of fighting the snowstorm in 2008

Crying electric power workers who died in the line of duty

At 1:00 pm on January 26, Hunan Provincial Power Transmission and Transformation Construction Company Comrades Luo Haiwen, Luo Changming, and Zhou Jinghua, three power transmission line workers, died heroically when the tower collapsed while performing de-icing operations on high-voltage wires at the Shaping substation in Litian Village, Qiaoyi Town, Wangcheng County. On January 28, the Hunan Provincial Government officially recognized them as revolutionary martyrs, and the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Communist Youth League posthumously awarded them the "Hunan Provincial May Fourth Youth Medal Model". On January 29, Wen Jiabao, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Premier of the State Council

When visiting their families in Changsha, Hunan, he said emotionally: "I can't say more in front of you today. To express my comfort in words, let me bow to you!” I couldn’t help but burst into tears after reading this report! Those are three young lives in their thirties!

In January this year, Guizhou, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other provinces suffered an ice disaster that would only occur once in 50 years. Freezing rain lasted for many days, ice covered for half a month, and ice accumulated on the plains. Electric poles and iron towers located at the wind outlet of high mountains and ridges are not only subject to the pressure of nearly half a foot of ice, but also are affected by several steel core aluminum stranded wires that are hundreds of meters long in front and back and weigh more than ten tons after freezing. And the pull of steel strands makes it difficult for even steel and iron frames to bear the load. In order to ensure the power transmission that is related to the national economy and people's livelihood, the only way to clear the ice is as soon as possible. At this difficult and critical moment, the three comrades volunteered to join the anti-ice disaster and power supply rescue team organized by the company and rushed to the front line of anti-ice rescue. During the process of climbing the iron tower to remove ice, the already overwhelmed iron tower where Luo Haiwen was located collapsed, and the iron tower where Luo Changming and Zhou Jinghua were located also collapsed. Luo Haiwen died on the spot, while Luo Changming and Zhou Jinghua fell to the ground and were seriously injured and died. With their actions, they have fulfilled the electric power workers' commitment to society! As Premier Wen said, "The three martyrs are all good sons of the people! They sacrificed their lives to repair the power grid and for the interests of the people! The comrades and workers of Hunan Power Grid will never forget them, and the entire people of Hunan Province will never forget them. The people across the country will never forget them!” In fact, how could the electric power workers across the country not forget them – they deserve to be the good sons of the Chinese people, the good young people of Hunan, and the good employees of the electric power company.

Luo Haiwen, Luo Changming, Zhou Jinghua, have a good journey. You can rest assured that where you fell, a more solid tower will be erected - that will be your permanent monument!

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Wu Heping: Two policemen have died in the fight against the snowstorm

Recently, some areas in the south have suffered from freezing rain and snow that has not been seen in decades. Disasters have a serious impact on the production and living order in disaster areas. The Ministry of Public Security launched the "Information Coordination Mechanism to Combat Rain and Snow Disasters" on January 28 to collect and understand the disaster situation and road traffic conditions of railways, transportation, civil aviation, and various disaster-stricken areas. In order to better introduce the road traffic safety situation in the disaster-stricken areas to the people and answer questions that netizens are concerned about, at 9:00 on February 2, 2008, Wu Heping, deputy director and spokesperson of the General Office of the Ministry of Public Security, accepted an exclusive interview with China Government Network on "The entire police force mobilized and went all out to ensure smooth traffic and safety" to communicate with netizens online.

News from Xinhuanet, Beijing, February 2: At 9:00 on February 2, 2008, Wu Heping, deputy director and spokesperson of the General Office of the Ministry of Public Security, accepted an exclusive interview with the China Government Network on "mobilizing the entire police force to "Ensure smooth travel and stay safe" to communicate online with netizens. In the interview, Wu Heping said that two police officers had sacrificed their lives in the fight against the snowstorm, and there were too many touching stories.

Wu Heping said that the public security police are also the people’s police officers who can pull out, rush forward and win at critical moments. They are not afraid of difficulties or dangers and stand at the front in the wind and snow, which reflects The look of our team.

Wu Heping said that the current statistics of Guangdong, which is under great pressure, are that 400,000 police officers have been dispatched. There are 5,500 police officers on duty at Guangzhou Railway Station alone every day, and the total number of various forces is more than 10,000. people, mainly to prevent crowding and stampeding, and to ensure that clothing is delivered to the masses. Our police also broke boundaries and completed many tasks together with many relevant departments, including the police in Guangzhou, which donated one million pieces of materials to passengers stranded at the train station. There are more than 30,000 mineral water bottles per box, and 270,000 people have been rescued. Many police officers are overworked and often suffer from colds and fainting while on duty for long periods of time.

On January 31, many police officers in Guizhou suffered comminuted arm fractures due to falls. Patrol police, criminal police, and household registration police who participated in the entire operation all arrived at their posts, including logistics personnel. Among them, Guizhou has evacuated more than 100,000 trapped vehicles (including drivers, passengers and passengers) and rescued 200,000 people trapped in the snow. A deputy director of the Hunan Public Security Department named Yang Hongguang used his patrol car to rush a 6-month-old baby to the hospital from a congested section of the highway at 8 o'clock in the evening on the 26th. The temperature was very low at that time. In order to rescue him, The child's life has gained precious time. The leaders of the traffic police corps also led the emergency rescue team of the Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway, bringing relief supplies to the people who were blocked on the Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway.

We have now had two policemen sacrifice their lives in the fight against the snowstorm. One is Zhang Xinmin, a policeman from the Second Highway Brigade of the Hefei Traffic Police Detachment. He is 51 years old this year. Due to the strength of road patrols, Nervous, he took the initiative to sign up to work on the front line. On the 23rd, he worked continuously for 5 and a half hours. He died in a traffic accident while on duty on the Hexu Expressway. From the 10th to the 23rd of January, he only took one day off on the 14th. For seven consecutive days, he worked from 11pm to 6pm the next day. One night, he discovered One vehicle's taillight didn't turn on, so it stayed on the road for several hours.

On January 21, a policeman on duty in Taijiang County, Guizhou Province, 59 years old, named Ou Guangquan, suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and collapsed at his job after working continuously for 26 hours. In their remote place, this happened The information is only now reaching us.

In order to boost morale, on the front line, our ministry leaders and 17 working groups visited the police on the front line. At the same time, the Ministry of Public Security also sent a message of condolence to the front line, conveying the message to the Party Central Committee, the State Council and the general public, especially the It is the concern and love that netizens and friends have for the vast number of public security policemen, armed police officers and soldiers. At the same time, we require cadres of leading agencies at all levels to go deep into the front line and do a good job of condolences, publicity, and encouragement. At the same time, we also organized disaster relief supplies. In view of the lack of cold-proof equipment for front-line police, the Ministry of Public Security urgently allocated 14.6 million yuan in special funds. The fire bureau allocated 20 million yuan to grassroots fire departments, bringing the total to more than 34 million yuan. Key points It has supplemented the public security agencies of seven provinces including Guizhou, Anhui, and Hunan, as well as the public security agencies and fire departments of 15 disaster areas. According to the needs of the public security organs in the disaster-stricken areas, we transported a lot of supplies to Jiangxi, Hunan, and Guangxi overnight, 80 generators to areas with insufficient power generation, search lights to Guizhou, and a large number of blankets to Guangxi. Now the supplies have been The shipment has arrived.