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by China Daily
Updated: 2006-05-23 16:17

Rescue workers try to pull Wei Qing, a migrant worker, up using a life preserver as he tries to maintain his hold on a girl who was nearly swept into Shazikou Bay in Qingdao, East China's Shandong Province, during Typhoon Matsa on August 5, 2005.

Rescue workers try to pull Wei Qing, a migrant worker, up using a life preserver as he tries to maintain his hold on a girl who was nearly swept into Shazikou Bay in Qingdao, East China's Shandong Province, during Typhoon Matsa on August 5, 2005. Wei, a migrant worker who just passed by, jumped into the sea immediately to save the girl. It took almost 40 minutes for the rescue operation to be completed. [Photo By Qian Cheng]