The crewmembers escaped death and recounted the 3 days hugging the hood of the ship, “fighting” with the waves.

After more than 3 days and nights suffering from hunger and cold, trying to cling to the roof, hugging the chimney and “fighting” with the fierce waves … the crew of the ship Vietship 01 in an accident was rescued by the rescue force and brought to shore. full.

The incident was too sudden, could not be reversed

On the afternoon of October 11, after a few hours of being rescued by rescue forces, escaping from the sea, the crew had their share of the journey back from the dead.

Visiting the Vietship 01 crew members and fishermen being treated at the Provincial General Hospital, the Chairman of the Quang Tri Provincial People’s Committee – Mr. Vo Van Hung and the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee – Mr. Hoang Nam kindly asked about his health, Encourage the crew to be assured of the treatment and affirm that the province will create the best conditions for the crew to quickly regain their health.

Leaders of the Quang Tri Provincial General Hospital said that 8 rescued crew members and fishermen aboard Vietship 01 are still being treated and treated at the hospital in a stable state of health.

Sharing after the incident, crew member Dang Van Nghi (33 years old, resident of Da Loc Commune, Hau Loc District, Thanh Hoa Province) said: On the morning of October 8, due to a whirlpool of water too strong, ship Vietship 01 was stranded at sea, beached. There was food on board, but due to the sudden sinking, the crew members were unable to get it.

Also according to Mr. Nghi, at the time Vietship 01 had problems, there were 10 crew members on board. All have been divided to hold on to the floating parts of the boat like the chimney, the hood. After that, 2 people were thrown into the sea by the waves, but they were lucky enough to swim to shore. The rest of the people on the ship always had to cheer each other on to be rescued soon so that they all had a spirit of resistance.

“The eight of us always keep our eyes on the shore to wait, watching the functional forces deploy the rescue. The position where the crew is attached is always extremely strong waves, the waves hit in a roll, lift the crew, if it does not stick to the ship’s chimney, it will take it away. All 8 crew members are hungry, cold and gradually exhausted, “Nghi said in shock.

Hope took a turn, then died …

Due to the bad weather, although the competent forces tried to find all the methods to approach the injured ship early to save the crew members, they were unsuccessful.

Hope was born in the crew and then it was suppressed. Thus, the crew members always have to cheer each other on to continue withstanding big, cold waves …

On the morning of October 10, a fisherman’s lifeboat tried and thankfully made it to Vietship 01, but it wasn’t long before the lifeboat sank. 3 people from the rescue team remained trapped with the crew.

Late on the night of 10/10, due to exhaustion, a crew member named C. jumped from the chimney position to swim over the bow position, but was hit and washed away by the waves.

On the afternoon of the same day, helicopters were mobilized to participate in the rescue, but due to unfavorable weather conditions, only anchors and food were available for the ship’s distressed crew. After that, the functional forces were forced to stop the rescue.

On the morning of October 11, with the efforts of the helicopter rescue team, 6 crew members (including Mr. Nghi) who were clinging to the Vietship 01 ship were rescued and brought ashore safely. Additionally, 2 crew members were able to swim to shore on their own and the Navy commandos successfully approached.

“I found myself alive again”

“When the helicopter rescue force approached and then brought her to shore safely, I was overwhelmed with emotion and burst into tears at the thought that I was alive again,” shared breathless crew member Nghi.

Being one of the brave people on the ship who went to sea to approach the ship in distress in hopes of saving the crew, but did not achieve the intended results, and was “trapped” with the crew of the Vietship 01 Mr. Tran Xuan Cuong (27 years old, resident of Gio Viet, Gio Linh District, Quang Tri) also played and shared about the moment of life and death on the ship.

On the morning of October 10, Cuong and three other people led the fishing boat to rescue the crew trapped on Vietship 01, but unfortunately the rescue boat was sunk by the waves.

After the lifeboat had a problem, 4 people on board fell into the sea. Consequently, Mr. Cuong and two other fishermen clung to the floating part of Vietship 01, while another fisherman was able to swim to shore.

And until this morning (October 11), Mr. Cuong was determined to use all his strength to swim from the Vietship 01 area, the ship crashed on land, while swimming, he was lucky enough to meet the special forces of water and was rescued. timely. Mr. Cuong also added that the position he was holding on to on the stranded and sunken ship was on the hood. Here, there is also a member of the Vietship 01 ship’s crew.

“When I was on the shore seeing them in danger, I decided to help them. Determined to go is not thinking for yourself. I fasted for a day and a night, when I was thirsty, I squeezed my clothes soaked in rainwater to drink. This morning, I jumped out of the boat to swim ashore ”- said Mr. Cuong.

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As reported, around 3 am on October 8, the Vietship 01 ship, including 12 crew members, was anchored in the Cua Viet port area (Gio Linh district), then was washed away by floods to the sea ​​and ran aground and gradually sank.

On October 9, there were 4 crew members on board in an accident swimming ashore, the remaining 8 crew members clinging to the rest of the ship.

On the morning of October 10, a fishing boat that included 4 people rescued but was sunk by the waves. Consequently, 3 people who participated in the rescue were able to swim to shore and Mr. Cuong was trapped on the Vietship 01 ship.

At this time, due to strong waves and fast-flowing water, modern vehicles were unable to reach the location of the Vietship 01 ship stranded for rescue.

The Defense Ministry then sent helicopters to drop the rope from the ship in distress ashore and supplied food, water and milk to crew members aboard Vietship 01.

On the morning of October 11, helicopters and naval special forces, the rescue force brought 8 people (including 7 crew members and 1 fisherman) on the Vietship 01 ship successfully ashore, ending the rescue work.

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