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"if there were rescue facilities and rescue personnel, my daughter could have received timely help," said ms. sang from cao county, shandong.

beach play——

there was an artificial beach near her home, and she took her two children there to play

"tickets are 19.9 yuan, and 20 to 30 children are playing in the water"

ms. sang said that she has two children, a son and a daughter, the son is 9 years old and the daughter is 7 years old. in august this year, she saw the introduction of the cao county yellow river ancient channel wetland scenic area on the internet, saying that there is a 10,000-acre lotus pond scenic area in the park, and there is also an artificial beach, which is suitable for children to play. both children wanted to go to the beach, so on august 20, she took the children to the site.

ms. sang introduced that the ticket price for the scenic spot is 19.9 yuan per person, and many people come to the beach to play. on that day, there were many tourists on the beach, and a floating cordon was set up in the waters next to it. about 20 to 30 children went into the water to play.

tickets to scenic spots

"we went to the beach to play at around 3:50 pm, and the child got into trouble after only 20 to 30 minutes." ms. sang recalled that her daughter and son ran into the water to play, and she was watching the children on the shore because she was on her period. the two children were about 7 or 8 meters away from the beach when they suddenly disappeared. "that area was still within the range of the floating warning line on the water." when she found the children drowning, she immediately rushed to the waters involved. "the riverbed was uneven, and the water was relatively shallow the first step, and the next step was into a pit, and the water flooded to my neck."

unfortunately drowned -

tourists rushed into the water to rescue her and her son, who were almost drowned.

the daughter was salvaged to shore in about an hour, but died after failed rescue efforts

in the water, she grabbed her daughter and son, but slipped into the deeper riverbed. "in a hurry, some tourists ran to my side and pulled me and my son out, but couldn't hold on to my daughter." after being rescued to the shore, she wanted to rush into the river again to save her daughter, but was stopped by the tourists around her.

"i was panicking at the time. there was no lifeguard around and no rescue facilities. i could only keep calling for help," recalled ms. sang.

the "police dispatch certificate" issued by the scenic area police station of cao county public security bureau shows that the police received the call at 4:44 pm. after receiving the call, the police contacted 120 emergency services, the county fire brigade, and the heze peony rescue team for rescue.

police dispatch certificate

the hospital's "death record" shows that at 5:01 p.m., the ambulance arrived at the scene and saw staff trying to salvage the drowning child. after about 50 minutes, the child was brought ashore. at 6:30 p.m., based on the electrocardiogram and clinical manifestations, the patient was declared dead, and the best chance of rescue had been lost.

parents questioned:

there were no rescue personnel or rescue facilities on site, resulting in the inability to provide timely rescue.

public information shows that on august 23, cao county yellow river ancient course on-site comprehensive development company issued a "notice on park closure", stating that due to recent internal maintenance, the scenic area decided to temporarily close from 18:00 on august 20.

ms. sang said that after the incident, the scenic spot claimed that it could only bear 30% of the responsibility, but she disagreed. "the incident happened within the floating cordon. the park collected tickets but did not check for safety hazards, nor did it arrange lifeguards on the river bank, let alone set up life-saving facilities..." "if these rescue facilities were available, my daughter might not have died. she was only 7 years old."

photos from the scene showed that there was no one in the water, and a group of people were surrounding a child on the shore, carrying out rescue work. a floating cordon was seen at the scene, but no warning signs or rescue personnel were seen on the shore.

the child was lying on the shore, surrounded by many people.

tianyancha shows that cao county yellow river ancient course on-site comprehensive development company was established on august 23, 2019, and its shareholders are cao county state-owned assets supervision bureau and agricultural development infrastructure fund co., ltd.

response from relevant parties:

scenic area: the artificial beach has floating cordons, sentry boxes, and rescue telephones.

county culture and tourism bureau: this matter is being handled and should have been rectified

at the time of the incident, were there lifeguards and rescue facilities at the scenic spot? was the area where the incident occurred within the floating warning line? did the scenic spot management conduct a safety hazard inspection? did the scenic spot make rectifications after the incident? how will the drowning of ms. sang's daughter be handled in the future?

on september 25, a reporter from huashang daily contacted the cao county yellow river ancient channel wetland scenic area, and staff said that there was a floating cordon at the artificial beach, as well as a rescue phone and a sentry box. the specific circumstances of the incident need to be reported to the leadership, who will respond.

in response to this, a staff member of the cao county culture and tourism bureau stated that the matter is being handled and the scenic spot should carry out rectification after the accident. the specific situation will be responded to by the relevant departments of the county party committee.

the reporter contacted the heads of relevant departments many times, but received no response.

huashang daily dafeng news reporter zhang pengkang editor dong lin