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text丨li yueliangjingnuyaoyao

under the cover of night, in a high-end community.

an 8-year-old girl fell into a fire well and drowned.

——our community is far less safe than we imagine.

01

september 21, xi’an.

mr. cheng’s 8-year-old daughter tingting went to a classmate’s house for a birthday party.

at around 6 o'clock in the evening, she called her father and said, "i had a great time."

after the birthday party, tingting and her classmates played hide and seek in the community.

mr. cheng checks the position of his daughter's phone and watch from time to time.

at around 7 pm that night, the location showed that my daughter was near the playground in the community.

he felt at ease.

the community where his family lives is xi'an tiandiyuanlonghu chunjiang tianjing.

the house price is more than 20,000 yuan per square meter, which is a high-end community in xi'an.

the house he bought is nearly 200 square meters, with a total price of more than 4 million.

i bought this place so that my daughter could go to a good school.

a family of four has stayed here for two years and is quite familiar with it.

but what mr. cheng didn't know was that in a corner of the community that he had never paid attention to,there is a well that eats people.

this is a fire well, nearly 8 meters deep, with 2 meters of water inside, right in the green belt.

there are basically such wells in high-rise communities.

such a dangerous place should have adequate safety facilities.

but the well in mr. cheng’s community was simply covered with two thin pieces of plywood.

it was around 8 o'clock that night and it was very dark.

tingting, who was playing hide and seek, accidentally stepped on it and fell into the deep well.

the panicked friends called the adults.

the panicked adults called property security again.

but without rescue tools, everyone was helpless.

one male parent was so worried that he bravely jumped into the dark well to look for his child.

some parents called mr. cheng and told him, "tingting fell into the well."

mr. cheng was frightened and ran over like crazy.

when he got there, he saw many people gathered around the grass in the green belt.

"the property management people didn't even save him, they just watched."

the parent at the bottom of the well shouted that the water was very deep and he could not protect himself down there, so he asked mr. cheng not to go down first.

mr. cheng couldn't swim, so he stood by the well and shouted, "have you seen anyone?"

bad news came from below: the well was too dark, the water was deep, and no one was seen.

another parent, mr. zhang, who was very good at swimming, decided to go down the well to help save his child.

they found a rope and tied it around his waist and led him into the well.

mr. zhang also felt scared after going down the well.

the surroundings were dark and the water was deep. he, who was 1.7 meters tall, could not step on it at all.

the two searched several times but failed to find tingting.

later, it was mr. cheng who was holding a bright flashlight and discovered his daughter in the water.

following mr. cheng's guidance, mr. zhang managed to see tingting.

the child looked like he was dying at that time.

mr. zhang struggled to lift the child out of the water, but he couldn't get into the well.

finally, a relatively thin parent went down into the well again and took the child out.

the other two parents who rescued people were also pulled up with ropes.

02

tingting got on the 120 ambulance.

mr. cheng called his daughter all the way——

"tingting, don't joke with dad, dad can't live without you..."

it's a pity it's no longer useful.

at around 1 a.m., the doctor announced that the child was dead.

mr. cheng and his wife were extremely devastated.

they came to xi'an in order to give their daughter a better education.

he bought an expensive house and his wife quit her job to spend time with her children.

they sent their daughters to learn calligraphy and painting.

i take her everywhere to play and want to give her a happy childhood.

they were originally a happy family of four.

he loves his children deeply and devotes his whole heart to them.

i didn't expect that such a tragedy would happen after only two years of living in my new home.

on the evening of september 23, tingting’s family and community owners held a memorial service for her.

the little girl who was laughing and laughing two days ago has been sealed in the funeral photo in the mourning hall.

tingting's mother knelt on the ground, crying miserably and breaking down.

she couldn't figure it out——

"the house i bought for 4 million yuan is in such a high-end community. why can't i have a manhole cover?"

the painful complaint from my father, mr. cheng, is even more tear-jerking——

“i have been raising children for eight years.

the first thing i saw when i was born.

the first thing i saw at the bottom of the well was her.

my girl is at the bottom of the well, her mouth is open, and her eyes are open.

(later) i cleaned her body myself.

she couldn't close her mouth, couldn't close her eyes..."

03

after the incident, the property management company approached mr. cheng for mediation.

but mr. cheng’s attitude was very firm:

"i do not accept any mediation. my only request is that those responsible be held accountable."

after the incident, he reported the case to the public security organ.

the entire network supports his decision.

for a house worth more than 4 million yuan, the property fee is 2.8 yuan per square meter, which is expensive enough.

after collecting so much money, why can't we build a manhole cover?

an 8-meter-deep well is covered with two wooden boards. has the property manager ever thought about "what to do if someone falls in?"

the most annoying thing is that last year, an owner reported to the property management company that there was a manhole without a manhole cover in the grassland of the community.

but a year later, tingting still died in the well.

it wasn't until the tragedy happened that the property management team quickly covered the wellhead with cement piers.

guardrails were also installed and warning signs erected.

may i ask what you did earlier? !

if you take it early, you may risk your life!

according to regulations, the fire wellhead should have necessary safety facilities——

closed manhole covers, anti-fall nets, climbing ladders, guardrails or platforms, warning signs, etc.

but this so-called high-end community has nothing like that!

so here comes the question:

this community will be delivered for occupancy in 2022.

before delivery, the housing and construction department must inspect and accept the fire protection facilities. i wonder how such a fire well passed the inspection and acceptance?

during the daily inspection and maintenance of the property, i wonder if they have discovered such obvious safety hazards? and why are there no measures to deal with it?

now a joint investigation team has been set up locally.

we hope that a fair conclusion will be reached as soon as possible and those who have committed major dereliction of duty will be severely punished.

to warn future generations.

04

when i saw this news, i had a big feeling——

the community we live in is actually far less safe than we imagine.

over the years, safety incidents have occurred one after another in the community.

just 6 days ago, september 21, yan'an, shaanxi.

an 8-year-old boy also fell into a septic tank in the community and died.

it was a septic tank under construction, and the wellhead was simply covered with a plastic sheet.

very unsafe.

last month, a mother and her son in langfang fell into a sewage well in their community and both died.

it is said that because of continuous rain, the sewage manhole cover was raised, and the property management failed to deal with it in time.

in addition to "well eating people", there are many other risk factors in the community.

there are vicious dogs that bite people.

there was a fire upstairs, but the fire hydrant could not be opened.

a girl who owned the property was stabbed to death by a stranger in front of her home.

although the security guard was nearby, there was nothing the sixty-year-old security guard could do.

various safety hazards trigger vicious incidents again and again.

many of them are completely unpredictable.

for example, mr. cheng from xi'an.

he bought a gated high-end community, thinking that it would be safe for his children to play in the community.

who would have thought that there is such a man-eating well hidden inside.

this is true for high-end communities, but it's even harder to say for ordinary communities.

i sometimes feel that as community residents, we may all trust property developers, developers, and regulatory authorities too much.

we always think that if we spend money, they will manage the community properly.

keep us safe and bring us perfection.

but in fact, property management is not that professional, developers are not that reliable, and regulatory authorities may be lax.

omissions can be everywhere.

so today we must first call on these departments to strengthen management and take responsibility.

you must know that behind your job and income are the lives and fortunes of thousands of people.

one of your negligence may cost someone else's life to pay for it.

don't be lazy.

then what i want to say more is that we cannot be too trusting in those departments.

you must also pay careful attention to whether the community is safe.

are all manhole covers properly covered?

can the fire hydrant be opened and is there water?

are all security guards incapable of protecting themselves?

are there fire extinguishers in the corridor?

is anyone leaving flammable debris in the hallway?

is there anyone parking indiscriminately blocking the fire exit?

these things may not seem like big things, but they are all serious safety hazards.

if the property management is not taken care of and we do not pay attention to it, if something goes wrong in the end, it may be a lesson of blood and tears.

the unlucky one could be everyone.

therefore, we must be the supervisors of community safety.

we cannot place our wealth and life entirely on others.

no matter how many people live in this community, remember that this is your home.

the property owner must cooperate with the reasonable measures taken by the property owner.

if someone is uncooperative, support the property management.

at the same time, pay careful attention to the situation in the community.

it’s time to be reminded when you find a problem, when it’s time to file a complaint, and when it’s time to defend your rights.

if there are owners who speak up for us, please remember to support them.

don't stand idly by.

the safety and standardization of the community are often promoted by those owners who "care about everything and strive for everything".

if we do something, the environment may change a little bit.

let's work together.