On New Year’s Eve, the Tipped Brothers from Ningbo, Zhejiang sent text messages as usual to wish the bench New Year’s greetings. It's been 10 years, and I haven't missed it for a year.
In fact, bench and tips are just one-sided relationships, and they spend less than 28 hours together in total. But that was definitely the unforgettable 28 hours for everyone who has experienced it.
Tip and bench Spring Festival New Year SMS
Everything was caused by the trip to Taiwan in October 2010, due to the typhoon catfish (called Mei Ji in Taiwan) on October 21, and the collapse of Suhua Highway caused by the Typhoon . It's been 10 years since I can always remember the bench, but I really don't want to remember it and can't bear to think of it. Whenever I think of it, I shake my head hard and immediately divert my attention.
In October last year, when the accident had been over 10 years, the bench wanted to write something to freeze this special day and commemorate those who left in an instant. But after hesitation, he gave up. This time, because of the tipped text message and the 10-year New Year greeting text message, I finally decided to write it out. It is not only an explanation for my thoughts over the past 10 years, but also a remote send to the 20 mainland compatriots who left in an instant.
2010 was the period when cross-strait relations were good and traveling to Taiwan was the hottest. Traveling to Taiwan with benches is the most common and popular circular route. That is, the ring line that starts from Taipei and ends at Taipei. By October 21st, as planned, there was only two days left. The plan for the day was to leave Hualien, have lunch in Suao at noon, then rush to Taipei, and visit the Shilin Night Market in the evening; the next morning, I visited the Shilin Official Residence and the Taipei Forbidden City in Taipei, and after lunch, I went to Taoyuan Airport and landed in Guangzhou.
I thought that because of this typhoon called Catfish, everything changed. In fact, there was a typhoon that day, and everyone knows that there were reports on TV. However, no matter how the travel agency arranges, everyone follows them, and they don’t take it to heart. Afterwards, many people accused him of knowing that Suhua Highway often collapsed and landslides during typhoons and often had accidents, and was known as the "most beautiful death road ". On that day, why did so many teams arrange to continue moving forward? However, it is no longer helpful.
Remember the bench very clearly on the itinerary of the day. I left in the morning and went to a store that specializes in selling corals, but I didn't remember the name. I only remember that the yard is very large and there were many tourist buses parked. At the entrance of the store, there is a large poster of Mrs. Jiang wearing corals. I spent about an hour shopping in the store, including the bench, and everyone bought some more or less. After buying it, I got in the car and was about to leave, but a small episode happened.
things are like this. After getting on the bus, a sister who was traveling with me bought a coral pendant for everyone to show it. At this time, another sister said, "I bought the same one, and gave it an outer packaging bag. It's very beautiful, why didn't you give it?" So, under everyone's attention, the two of them ran back to the store and asked for a packaging bag. It only takes three or two minutes. Afterwards, everyone said that maybe it was this inadvertent little episode that saved the lives of all the people in the car inadvertently in three or two minutes.
set off again, not long after, it was Qingshui Cliff . At this time, the rain had already started and the driver did not stop. However, under the guidance of the tour guide, everyone looked at the Pacific Ocean outside through the car window. Everyone felt that it was so beautiful and people kept cheering.
After passing the clear water cliff, the rain became heavier and heavier, and water soon accumulated on the road. In addition, there are many detours on Suhua Highway, and I always feel that the driver is driving very fast and getting faster and faster. There are mountains and cliffs on one side and the Pacific Ocean on the other side, and everyone is somewhat panicked. Some people even shouted, asking the driver to click slowly.
In the heavy rain, I rushed through the most dangerous section at full speed. The car drove by and there were waves on the road.
After thinking about it, I realized that the driver was so experienced. Knowing that in this case, there is a risk. Not only can you stop on the road, but you must quickly rush through dangerous sections. After the accident, I looked back at the report and found out that the tourist bus that was hit by a rock and fell into the Pacific Ocean by the Zhuhai tourist was riding in. The accident was exactly the section of the road we had just rushed through at full speed.Moreover, it was only about two or three minutes before we rushed past.
The car drove forward as if he was desperate, and suddenly stopped again. Everyone stood up and looked at it. In front of them, they turned right and the water flowing down the mountain had become a small river. Looking further to the right of the turn, there were several cars parked not far ahead, and it was obvious that the passage was blocked. The driver observed the terrain and said, "Don't stand and watch, you'll sit firmly, you'll be reversing." Someone asked, why? The driver pointed out the window and said that the left side was full of slope protection, and it was not safe here. The car fell about two hundred meters and happened to be a parking and rest point, so our car parked next to it.
emergency stop at the corner ahead. The driver was reversing
Later facts proved that it is not that we have a great life, but that everyone should thank the driver for his experience. Our later parking location was 114 kilometers from Taijiu Line, which was exactly where all the trapped people escaped by helicopter. The place where we stopped for the first time in the emergency was less than three hundred meters away from the tourist bus where the Beijing team leader and the Taiwanese driver died. If you don’t stop and follow the corner, the consequences will be difficult to tell. Later, I checked the photo shooting time, and the first parking time was at 11:38 am.
The car stopped, and there was only one word left, that is, wait. However, at that time, no one expected that this wait would last for 28 hours.
Later, after reading news reports, at that time, due to road collapse and landslides in front and behind, on this short section of two kilometers and one hundred meters (Taiwanese 9th Line 113+500 to 115+600), including local Taiwanese and mainland tourists, a total of 32 vehicles and 406 people were trapped, including 269 mainland tourists and tour guides (including 20 people who lost).
At that time, the typhoon was fierce and the heavy rain was pouring. Everyone stayed in the car, didn't know what was going on outside, and they were talking. I took out the map and asked the tour guide, and the tour guide's reply was that it was very close to our planned lunch spot, Suao. The rest, like everyone else, no one can explain it clearly. At this time, the vehicles following us were successively parked at our place, and there were about 20 cars on the parking lot and the front and rear roads.
It was nearly two o'clock in the afternoon, and everyone was hungry. Although I was lucky, I realized that it would be impossible for a while to open the road and I didn’t talk much. The elder sister of the team leader took out her own food and gave it to everyone, each of them took a bite. This move infected everyone. Most people spontaneously took out the Taiwanese specialties they bought during the itinerary and were prepared to give to their relatives and friends, and handed them over to their elder sister, who will be distributed uniformly by their elder sister. Everyone has been prepared for a long time in their subconscious mind.
It was nearly 2:30 in the afternoon, the bench stood behind the front wind stall and was looking out with several tourists. A tourist suddenly exclaimed that the landslide, and the bench looked along the right front of his finger. Sure enough, he saw that the mountain and the tree slid down.
After the landslide, someone came towards us in the rain. At the end of the front, we were our initial emergency stop. The road at the turn was blocked by mud and sand.
Not long after, I saw someone walking towards us in heavy rain. At first, there were a few people, and later, more and more, there should be fifty or sixty people. Among them, some people were injured and were helped by others. These people walked to the centralized parking point and got on the tourist bus parked here separately. Seven or eight people came up in our car. Among them, there is a tip couple from Ningbo, Zhejiang.
More and more people are coming to abandon the car. Among them, the tip couple
After inquiring, they found out that at the turn where we first stopped urgently, we were damaged by the water flow from the mountain. We were trapped in front of us and we couldn't come back even if we wanted to reverse. The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and a landslide came down, so the car was too unsafe. Maybe, what I'm talking about is maybe, it was the landslide we saw that hit the car where the Beijing team leader was, causing some injuries and some deaths. The escape of the people in the car also caused the people in nearby vehicles to abandon the car and save their lives.
The next day, after the rain stopped, the landslide in the front of the shooting was taken, all the tourists in the car abandoned the car.
Tips were only in their early 30s that year, and they were quite energetic, and his lover was also very beautiful. After getting in the car, I found a seat to sit down, not far from me. In my impression, except for just getting in the car and expressing gratitude to everyone, the couple didn't speak. Especially his lover, sitting by the window, staring at the window, never heard her say anything from beginning to end. Tifei sat next to her, holding her hand, patting her gently from time to time to comfort her.
Until nine o'clock in the evening, the heavy rain never stopped. It was time to talk to my family. On the bench turned on his cell phone and dialed the home phone. My daughter answered the phone and chatted for a few minutes, for fear that the mother and mother would worry, so she didn't mention any words about the situation at that time. Afterwards, my daughter talked about the phone call and said, Daddy, you can really keep your breath and didn't hear anything abnormal at all.
The reason why I turned on my phone is because at five or six o'clock, the team leader was meticulous and had already told everyone to turn off the phone. The whole team only kept one mobile phone to turn on, ensuring that they could communicate with the outside world in an emergency. Ten years ago, I didn’t have the habit of using a power bank. I fully charged my phone in the hotel every day, and each person brought at most a spare battery. Since it is impossible to predict how long it will take to stay in trouble, it is very necessary to ensure smooth communication.
The night is coming, and there is a strong wind outside and heavy rain is pouring. Most people have closed their eyes and listened to the sound of wind and rain outside. No one speaks or walks around. The strong wind blew the tour bus left and right, and everyone's mood also swayed back and forth. Before I knew it, the bench fell asleep.
000000 pm at midnight, the search and rescue team members came up, and took the flashlight to check the vehicle information
0000 pm at midnight, and the bench woke up. It turned out that the search and rescue team members were hiking up in the rain. Someone outside the car was walking back and forth with a flashlight to watch the vehicle information. Later, two people came up from the car, first checked the situation with the driver, and then registered all personnel information.
First learn about the situation from the driver, then register the personnel information, and the clock clearly shows 2:57
Seeing someone coming up, everyone's mood was relaxed, which means that there was a rescue. After registering the information, I put down a box of cookies in the car, and the leader gave everyone a piece of it. It was only then that everyone remembered that they hadn't eaten for a long time, but they never felt hungry, at least they didn't have it on the bench. After
, I continued to wait. However, everyone's mood improved significantly and they didn't want to sleep anymore. Gradually, the rain fell and the sky started to get brighter. It was dawn, and everyone got out of the car, breathing in fresh air, and exerting their muscles and bones. A smoker like a bench can finally come out to smoke a cigarette. It was also at this time that the bench and tip had a positive contact.
We were riding in 939DD. The Zhuhai group was riding in the same car as the travel agency 932DD
At that time, the bench was smoking and the tip was standing next to it. Naturally, I handed a tip and lit it. Then, we got to chat. It turned out that the couple Tie Fei is from Ningbo, Zhejiang. They do some business and their lives are pretty good. This time, I was also out for a walk and relaxing. I didn’t expect that such a thing would happen. They abandoned their car in a hurry and threw all their luggage into the car. Including the cigarette, I didn't bring it out. The bench said at the time, I still have it in my car, so I'll get you a box to get it. Tie was very polite and refused to let him go. He just said, if I want to smoke, I will ask my elder brother for it.
The Suhua Highway after the typhoon, one and a half kilometers ahead was the place where Zhuhai tourists fell into the sea
At that time, the typhoon had not completely passed. The rain stopped and got off, and we got off the bus later. After a while, until I got out of trouble, I chatted with Tie three or four times, and the cigarettes I smoked were only five or six. Both sides felt good, so they left a phone number to each other and welcomed the opportunity to go to their respective places in the future.
The first helicopter that appeared in the sky
At noon, the search and rescue personnel on the scene sawed the taller tree head on the side of the cliff.At 12:36, the first helicopter appeared in the sky. After a few turns, it slowly landed. It turned out that the tree head was cut for fear of affecting the helicopter landing. In the first flight, the first person to be picked up were the seriously injured.
Some of the wounded were carried on their backs, some were supported, waiting for the second order of boarding
. Food and water were transported, and everyone went to use it separately and continued to transport the wounded. After
, one sequential is connected to another, from the elderly to children, and then to ordinary tourists. By this time, everyone was no longer panic or anxious, and everything seemed in order.
In the rain, helicopters transported tourists one by one, one by one, and one by one.
The bench was taken down on the 9th order. According to the requirements, each person can only carry a small bag, containing a mobile phone, camera, ID and cash. All other luggage is kept in the car, marked, and sent back by the travel agency in the future.
Bench rides the ninth helicopter to get out of trouble
We boarded at 15:41, and it was exactly 28 hours since the emergency parking was trapped. On the helicopter, looking at the parking point we had just left, the landslide section, and the trapped vehicles were both excited and sad.
On the helicopter, opposite the landslide, you can see the trapped vehicle
After a while, it flew over Yilan . At that time, Yilan was almost soaked in the water.
Yilan
15 at 53:00, when we flew for 12 minutes, the helicopter landed on a stadium in Yilan, declaring that we had successfully escaped.
Take a look at the helicopter we were riding
10 years have passed in a blink of an eye. With this experience, the past 10 years on the bench, especially their understanding of life and attitude towards life, have changed a lot, become much more indifferent and calm.
Whenever I think of it, I can’t help but ask a few ifs. If tourists are not arranged to move forward during a typhoon, if the car in Zhuhai also encounters a small episode, if the cars in front also encounter a driver who resolutely reverses... Unfortunately, there is no if in life.
Whenever I think of it, I think of that driver, the experience of that driver. After we got out of trouble, we had a dinner in Taipei that night and drank a lot of wine, and most of us cried. Anyway, I will return the next day, and the NTD on my body will not be used anymore. Everyone got together and forgot the specific number. I remember that it seemed to be more than 90,000, and it was less than 100,000. I handed it all over to the tour guide and entrusted him to the driver who was still on the road, guarding the vehicle and everyone's luggage. Later I heard that the driver didn't want it himself and donated it all. After the
accident, I read the report and it took a long time for the Suhua Highway to be built. Even if it is passed, mainland tourism teams travel to and from Suhua Highway, leaving only empty trains on the road, while people take trains to Hualien and Yilan, which can be considered as a repair for the loss. In addition to self-driving tours, we became the last group of tourists to take tourist buses and embark on the "most beautiful road of death".
The 9 people we signed up for the group together back then were familiar with before, and some were just chance and came together. When we returned to our hometown, we all decided unanimously that October 21st will be our common birthday from now on. On this day of the year, everyone will get together whenever possible. Among them, one of us died of illness a few years ago. Among the eight of us, who were at home at that time, went to deliver it. I don’t know what others think, but I feel very calm on the bench, but I just hope to go well along the way.
The tip brothers in Ningbo have never met again after breaking up. There is not even a picture of him. During the Spring Festival in 2011, I received a New Year greeting message from Tie Xiao for the first time. The bench called him back, and Tie Xiao enthusiastically invited him to visit Ningbo. The bench agreed, but 10 years later, it has never been done. Until this year, there was no contact except for a text message greeting during the Chinese New Year every year. I think Tifei never forgot about his elder brother. It was not only the affection of those cigarettes back then, but also a deep impression on that experience. Maybe one day, we will meet again and have a few drinks. Perhaps, I will never meet again in this life. But the bench believes that the text messages of New Year greetings will continue.
This is what I wrote on the second day of the first lunar month. Considering that the New Year is coming, I don’t want to make things difficult for everyone, so I kept it in the draft box for a few days. Today is the sixth day of the New Year, and it’s time to go to work tomorrow. Although it is a little late to send it out now, it is also a kind of dedication to the people who have lost it back then.
Thank you for reading until the end. I sincerely wish everyone peace and safety! [Thank you][Thank you][Thank you]
