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luan liuwei, the hotpot restaurant owner who sacrificed his life saving others, was named a martyr

2024-09-18

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on september 18, the shandong provincial government website released the "reply of the shandong provincial people's government on the evaluation of luan liuwei as a martyr". in accordance with the relevant provisions of the "martyrs commendation regulations", luan liuwei was specially evaluated as a martyr, and his relatives will enjoy relevant treatment for martyrs' families.

on august 19, on the banks of the yongding river in gu'an county, langfang city, hebei province, luan liuwei, a native of ningyang county, tai'an city, and six others bravely stepped forward to rescue three children who fell into the water. unfortunately, he drowned.

luan liuwei, who bravely rescued people, is from ningyang county, tai'an city. he is usually willing to help others.

according to public reports, 41-year-old luan liuwei is an ordinary shandong man, whose hometown is liangcun, qicheng town, ningyang county, tai'an city. he left his hometown early and ran a hot pot restaurant in beijing with his wife. his two daughters are usually taken care of by the elderly in his hometown in shandong. during the summer vacation, the two daughters came to beijing to reunite with their parents.

on the morning of august 10, luan liuwei took his two daughters to travel in langfang, hebei, while his wife stayed in the hot pot restaurant to take care of the business. unexpectedly, an accident happened.

around 1 p.m. on august 10, luan liuwei’s wife xue qiaoyan was busy working in a hot pot restaurant when she received a phone call. she heard her daughter crying, “dad is missing! dad went to the water to save someone and hasn’t come out yet…”

the on-site video showed that the sky was blue and the clouds were light beside the yongding river that day. however, a thrilling scene was taking place in the river: at noon, in the deep water area, a man and three children were struggling desperately in the water, and a woman was shouting for help on the shore, anxiously asking people at the scene "is there anyone who can swim?"

luan liuwei, who was playing with his daughter by the river, heard someone calling for help. he immediately rushed into the deep water and pushed the three children who had fallen into the water into the shallow water one by one. the children were then rescued by enthusiastic people on the shore.

luan liuwei turned around and went back to the deep water to save the man, but both of them sank into the water due to exhaustion. the day of the incident was the 3rd birthday of luan liuwei's second daughter. luan liuwei took the child out to play and celebrate. no one expected that this would be the last mark a father left for his daughter.