A week of 'race against time' in Türkiye, touched by the story of Vietnamese soldiers participating in the rescue

Although knowing that the chance to save more lives of more people who are buried under the rubble due to the earthquake is extremely slim, every hour and every minute the rescuers are still trying their best to find miracles.

The story of Vietnamese rescuers running against time in Turkey really moved viewers and admired their persistent efforts.

Taking advantage of a short rest after performing the task, Captain Vu Duy Hung, officer of the Fire Prevention and Response Training and Response Center (Firefighting and Rescue) - Ministry of Industry and Trade An, shared about the moment when he received the order to go to a friend country, Turkey, to assist in the search for victims after the earthquake.

"When I heard that the Ministry of Public Security had sent me on a mission to the Central Highlands to go to Turkey to overcome the consequences of the earthquake disaster, I was very nervous, excited, but also a little worried because in Vietnam we handled the disaster. House collapses and construction collapses are of small nature and scale, while disasters in your country are much more terrible."

Captain Hung shared and added that the city of Adiyaman, where his delegation carried out the task of reorganization, had 70% of the works and houses collapsed, a l.ot of people were still trapped, so the amount of work needed huge processing. When performing the mission, the delegation faced many dangers such as landslides, secondary collapses and vibrations and earthquakes.

"I have about 6 hours to prepare all the means of personal belongings, make a passport and fly quickly to Istanbul, Turkey. With such a short preparation time, I only had time to inform and asked my wife to help me prepare clothes for work.

Then I returned to the unit, coordinated with the brothers to prepare vehicles up to 12.5 tons to carry. The closing of special vehicles takes a long time, we have to work very urgently and quickly," Captain Vu Duy Hung continued.

After arriving in your country, all officers and soldiers of the Central Committee of the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam immediately rushed to do their duty.

7 days in Turkey, weather, geography, time zone... have changed the living habits of Captain Vu Duy Hung as well as all officers and soldiers of the mission. small.

Everyone always encourages each other to work with the highest spirit, with enthusiastic hearts racing against time, quickly searching for people still trapped under the ruined buildings with the hope and hope of bringing people alive. return.

Every day, officers and soldiers of the mission only eat two meals to spend time on the task of searching for victims. The meals are usually the simplest like instant noodles with canned meat.

The Turkish friends also supported more bread and filtered water to replenish energy for the Vietnamese delegation during the working process. All of them are most focused on work and helping the people of your country.

Captain Vu Duy Hung emphasized: "We are always determined to complete our tasks, dedicate ourselves to the colors of the Vietnamese flag and shirt. When working with forces from other countries, we always tell each other that: Although we are different in skin color and color, we all have a single job in common, which is to support and aid the Turkish people."

"The Special Forces of the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam cooperated with the American Red Army team, we assigned each other to approach from above the wreckage. The American side used a chisel at one end, the Vietnamese side chiseled the other end.

The two sides chisel from two directions to each other and then when the chisel reveals the concrete slabs, use a cutter to cut the concrete slab. Next is to create two anchor points at both ends, then use a large crane to lift the concrete slabs to bring the victim out.

Not using the excavator is also carefully calculated by us because when using the excavator to scratch, with a large load, the rake blade in contact with the victim's body will affect their integrity." - Captain Vu Duy Hung confided.

Since Captain Vu Duy Hung and the delegation went to Türkiye, they have often received encouragement from relatives. "Both my mother and wife encouraged me to do good work and come back safely, that's all," said Captain Vu Duy Hung.

The work is very hard and dangerous. During the day, officers and soldiers have some time to read newspapers and watch the news and situation in the country.

When reading the comments and encouragements of the people at home, the brothers and sisters in the delegation were very happy and encouraged each other to try to fulfill the mission assigned by the Fatherland, to try to help the most for the country and the people. Try to stay safe to return.

"When they knew we were coming this way, the people of Turkey were very respectful. When they met us, they thanked us and put their right hand on the left chest - the position of the heart, then bent down. They said we were there. they are very far away but have come to help their country, they are very grateful.Here, drinking water is very scarce but the people give priority to us.

I tell you this story, when we went to get water, even though we didn't wear uniforms, we were told that we were from Vietnam and we were given priority by you to get it first, not in line.

Indigenous people also give the brothers in the choir, or cans of water or divide it with a few tree stumps to burn, we feel very warm, happy and happy!" - Captain Vu Duy Hung shared shall.

So far, the number of casualties due to the earthquake has reached more than 45,000 people and there are still signs of increasing.

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