The case of 5 students drowning: Grief covers the poor countryside
(Baonghean.vn) - The five students who drowned in Trung Thanh commune (Yen Thanh) were all good students, good at studying in the same class. In the small alley next to the funeral, heartbreaking cries filled the entire poor countryside.
From early morning, the whole Trung Thanh village (Yen Thanh, Nghe An) was covered with white mourning scarves and lined up to go to the cemetery. People in Trung Thanh commune said they had never witnessed such a heartbreaking scene, seeing off 5 students at the same time. The procession of mourners was silent, only tears flowed...
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| On the morning of May 31, relatives took Nguyen Thi Giang to her final resting place. Photo: Van Truong |
Mrs. Phan Thi Hoa in hamlet 2 is Tran Long Nhat's aunt, in tears: The family has 3 siblings, Nhat is the eldest, the 2 younger siblings are still young. The family is poor, Nhat's father has to work for hire in the South, his mother also has to work as a rice planter and construction worker at home. Because he loves his parents, whenever he has free time, Nhat often helps his parents.
"The day before, after the summary, Nhat took a photo of his certificate and sent it to the South to show his father. On the occasion of International Children's Day, his mother promised to buy him new clothes to take his siblings to Dien Lam eco-tourism area. But now he has gone forever. It's so painful," Mrs. Hoa cried silently.
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| Relatives choked up next to the hearse seeing Giang off. Photo: Van Truong |
Not far from Nhat's house, Nguyen Thi Ngan's situation is also very pitiful. Her mother is a farmer, her father works as a stone driller on the cliff roof all year round. Although her family is poor, Ngan has a good education. Her dream of becoming a teacher to help her parents, her dream has not come true and she has to go far away.
Standing among the crowd of students going to the cemetery, teacher Hoang Thi Dao - homeroom teacher of class 8A could not hold back her tears: Just the other morning, I had just happily summarized the school year with the students, but in just a moment I had to say goodbye to 5 beloved students. "They were all good students, as a homeroom teacher I am in so much pain as if every piece of my heart has been torn out", teacher Dao sobbed.
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| People bid farewell to drowned students to their final resting place. Photo: Van Truong. |
Not only teacher Dao but most of the people in the poor village of Trung Thanh were in pain and sorrow. Seeing the white heads having to send off the green heads to the afterlife, then turning to the innocent, pure portraits of the students, made everyone feel heartbroken...
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| When will the pain of the relatives of the drowned students subside? Photo: Van Truong |
Previously, at noon on May 30, about 15 students of class 8A, Trung Thanh Secondary School organized a picnic at Trai Xanh dam (in Bac Thanh commune). While playing near the water's edge, one student slipped and fell into a deep hole. At this time, a group of 5 students jumped in to save them and wrestled with each other under the dam. A male student named Hiep saw this and jumped in to save a female student. The other students saw this and immediately shouted for help. Upon receiving the news, the surrounding people and local authorities went to the dam to rescue them, but by the time they were brought to shore, 5 students had died, including 4 females and 1 male.
Immediately after the incident, leaders of Yen Thanh district, Trung Thanh commune, Bac Thanh and thousands of people were present at Trai Xanh dam. Mr. Nguyen Thuong Hoan - Chairman of Trung Thanh commune People's Committee said: Since yesterday afternoon, local authorities and people of Trung Thanh commune, Bac Thanh have promptly helped, visited, encouraged and expressed condolences to the families of the victims. In the immediate future, Yen Thanh district will support each family of the victims with 5 million VND, Bac Thanh commune, Trung Thanh will support each family with 2 million VND...
"In Yen Thanh district, there has never been a tragic drowning incident like this one. We hope this will become a lesson, a wake-up call for families, schools and authorities to pay more attention to children during the summer and outdoor activities," a resident of Trung Thanh commune shared.
The life-and-death moment of saving a drowning female student in Nghe An
(Baonghean.vn) - Among the students who had an accident while on a picnic on the afternoon of May 30, only Phan Thi Bao Chau was the only survivor. Chau was saved by her classmate Hiep.
On a picnic, 5 Nghe An students tragically drowned.
(Baonghean.vn) - A group of secondary school students organized a picnic at Trai Xanh dam in Bac Thanh commune, Yen Thanh, but unfortunately 5 students drowned and died.
