3 honored for saving drowning kids; 1 dies

Three men were recognized as "Good Samaritans" for saving the lives of three drowning children in Beijing on Sunday, the capital's Shijingshan district announced on Wednesday.

The three men — Zhou Hongbo, Li Pu and Zhou Siwei — heard three children shouting for help and saw them struggling in the waters of a lake near the Yongding River in western Beijing's Shijingshan district at around 2 pm on Sunday.

The three children had been playing near the water.

According to the announcement, many people participated in saving the kids.

Zhou Hongbo, 32, and the father of a 1-year-old boy, leaped in to save the children, but drowned afterwards. A rescue team found his body after a four-hour search.

According to Beijing Evening News, the local government will investigate to identify and honor any other people who participated in the rescue.