Man's brave sacrifice honored

"My husband is slightly afraid of water, and even has difficulty swimming. It didn't occur to me that he would jump into deep water to save people," said Ms Mao, Wang's wife.

"But he is always warm-hearted. Whoever is in hardship, he would never turn his back and always offers timely help," Mao said.

"His act is maybe an instinctive reaction of fatherhood," Mao added. Wang was the father of a four-year-old boy.