重庆暴雨红色预警中的逆行者
When the first red alert of the year lit up phones in Chongqing, Chen Wei was already in his waterproof gear. Torrential rain had been lashing the city for days, turning streets into rivers and hillsides into mudslides. For Chen, a 34-year-old rescue veteran, it was a summons to confront nature at its most merciless.
Chen had served on the rescue team for over a decade, driven by a sense of duty that stemmed from his childhood. When he was eight, a flash flood nearly swept away his family's home in a riverside village. That memory fuels his determination to reach those trapped by the same kind of waters that once threatened his own family. Chongqing, a megacity built on steep hills where the Yangtze and Jialing rivers meet, is notorious for summer flooding. This year, five rounds of rain since May had saturated the slopes, setting the stage for disaster. With a Level IV emergency response in effect, thousands of rescuers like Chen were dispatched to the hardest-hit areas.
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