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Quang TriHis wife suffered from heart disease, so when he was ordered to rescue the crew aboard Vietship 01, fisherman Nguyen Hoai Xanh did not dare to inform his family.
3 am 10/10, Mr. Nguyen Hoai Xanh (51 years old, resident in Cua Viet city, Gio Linh district) received a phone call from his nephew to repair the propeller of the fishing boats, to go out to sea to rescue the crew members from the stranded freighter. at the port of Cua Viet and asked him to accompany him.
Mr. Xanh believes that he has 33 years of experience at sea, is in good health, while the crew is in a critical situation, so he should agree immediately.
Silently preparing the necessary items, Mr. Xanh did not announce his decision to his family, because his wife had just undergone heart surgery 2 years ago, so it was “easy to move” if she knew that her husband went to the sea in the middle of bad weather and waves. the sea is 4 to 5 meters high.
Fisherman Nguyen Duc Bang swam back to shore at 9:55 on 10/10. Image: Hoang apple
Together with Mr. Xanh, Mr. Nguyen Duc Bang (53 years old, a resident of the city of Cua Viet, Gio Linh) recounted, observing the scene showed that the freighter was stranded just over 400 meters from the coast but with strong waves and strong winds. “Many people think that he will doubt, but I went to the sea from the age of 13, I lived and died many times, so when they asked me to take the ransom, I immediately agreed,” Bang said.
Around 9 am on 10/10, the 45CV fishing boat controlled by Mr. Bang, which was transporting Mr. Xanh and two other fishermen out to sea, towards the beached boat.
At this time, the wind is strong, the waves of the sea are high and murky. Seen from the shore, the fishing boat is like a thin sheet that the waves rock and tilt. “Going to the sea at those times you must know how to process the water, choose the direction of the waves and the wind to propel the boat,” said Mr. Bang.
Fishermen from Bang recounted the rescue trip to the sea. Video: Hoang apple
After 15 minutes, the fishing boat approached the stranded, anchored boat, Mr. Bang and Mr. Xanh took turns balancing the fishing boat, bringing in and out sea water, the remaining two fishermen threw the buoys and ropes to the sailor.
After assigning the driver of the boat to someone else, Mr. Bang decided to tie the rope to his body and then jumped into the sea, swimming near the railing of the freighter’s cabin. However, when the large waves drove the fishing boat away, Mr. Bang was swept away and, after a while, washed up near the stranded boat. He struggled to remove the rope and climb onto the iron armor of the stranded train, about 10 meters from the cabin. A few minutes later, the Bang fishermen were thrown into the sea by the waves and then swam alone.
At that time, the fishing boat was hit by the waves and gradually sank, Mr. Xanh and a fisherman swam on the bow of the freighter, the other fishermen grabbed onto the iron platform.
Fisherman Nguyen Hoai Xanh provided information on the crew, the turbulent situation with the rescue team, after being brought ashore at 4:04 on October 10. Image: Hoang apple
Witness the sinking of the fishing boat that was carrying 4 boat friends when they participated in the rescueBut the fisherman Vo Van Dung (46 years old, resident in the city of Cua Viet) still agrees to join the rescue. At this time, the plan was changed, instead of the fishermen swimming over the waves approaching the freighter, the authorities sent a marine rescuer to accompany the fishermen, using a wire gun to connect to the stranded boat.
At 15:20 on 10/10Mr. Dung led a fishing boat out to sea with a fisherman and a marine rescuer. 10 minutes later, the fishing boat approached the stranded boat, it was carrying out rescue operations when two fishermen were thrown into the sea by the waves. “When I fell into the water, I thought the unmanned fishing boat would sink, but when I got on I saw that the boat still had to try to swim,” Dung recalled.
They got back on the fishing boat, gasped for a while, and then struggled with the wind and waves to transfer two buoys to the fishermen caught in the bow of the freighter. Two stranded fishermen (including Mr. Xanh and another) followed the buoy and rope, swimming past the fishing boat. In the fishing boat at this time there were 5 people, facing another critical situation that the boat was overflowing with water. Mr. Dung quickly led the fishing boat to shore. When I was about 200 meters from shore, the water was about half the fishing boat. All 5 people jumped safely ashore just as the fishing boat almost sank.
Up to this point, among the fishermen who went to sea to be rescued, a man named Tran Xuan Cuong (27 years old, resident Gio Viet, Gio Linh) was trapped on the freighter for one more day and one night, he was rescued with the crew . the next day.
Ms. Tran Thi Van sobbed when she learned that her brother was trapped outside the freight train at 3:55 PM on October 10. Image: Hoang apple
At night, Mr. Cuong was trapped on the freighter, Ms. Tran Thi Van (32 years old, her sister Cuong) and some family members were awake on the beach. “I just knelt on the beach, praying for his return, no more fervently,” Ms. Van recalled.
Currently, 7 Cuong crew members and fishermen have stabilized their health and are being treated at Quang Tri Provincial General Hospital.
Colonel Le Van Phuong, commander of the Quang Tri Border Guard, praised the brave fishermen for saving the crew. “Initially, the rescue relied entirely on the fishermen. If these people don’t go to sea, whether they are successful or not, it is difficult to motivate and keep the crew on board stranded,” said Colonel Phuong. .
At around 3:00 am on October 8, the Vietship 01 ship anchored in the Cua Viet port area was swept out to sea by floodwaters, stranded about 400 meters from the coast. There are 12 crew on board.
After 3 days, the authorities saved 7 crew members aboard Vietship 01; 4 people swam to shore by themselves and one was adrift, dying; 3 fishermen took a fishing boat to rescue, trapped in a freighter they were also successfully rescued.
