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Lake rescuers receive honors

The Chenzhou government on Monday honored two men who jumped into a lake to rescue a struggling woman who accidentally fell into the water on March 7. Habit Ahmet, 31, a Uygur migrant worker from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, and Zhou Zuohong, 31, a local villager, received high praise from residents after the rescue was reported. Government officials also praised them as models of moral behavior.