"You can see your husband tomorrow. Drink more water, be sure to drink more water, cheer up and sleep with your eyes closed. " Xiao Yang, a 24-year-old girl from Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, is lying in a hospital bed, using her mobile phone to make a video call with her mother in another ward. She has just learned from her mother that her father and uncle are coming to Malaysia to visit them.
Xiao Yang's face is swollen with bandages. But she always comforted her mother. Xiao Yang was one of the 20 tourists from China who were rescued from the shipwreck in Sabah.
Xiao Yang recalled that she and her mother took a boat from a pier in Kota Kinabalu on the morning of 28th to visit the islands around the beach. About 40 minutes later, the ship suddenly broke down. Then someone found that the situation was not good. "Water began to enter the back of the cabin."
With more and more water in the cabin, everyone began to jump into the sea one by one. "When we first got into the water, many people panicked. Some people began to cry, and some people looked up at the sky and questioned God, "Xiao Yang said. In retrospect, she felt that it was actually unwise to do so, "because it would consume a lot of physical strength."
Everyone soon found it useless to cry, so they began to wait patiently for help. The instinct of survival makes everyone hold hands in the water and form a circle. "Because everyone knows that if we are together, our chances of survival will be higher," she said. "In fact, everyone is very scared, but if everyone is around, they will not be so scared. If you drift alone at sea, I don't think anyone can stay that long. "
The power of holding a group inspired everyone. They made many attempts, some trying to search for cell phone signals, and some trying to find nearby islands. "In the meantime, several times, we heard the sound of the past, and everyone swam desperately in that direction," Xiao Yang said.
Xiao Yang recalled a fellow passenger. This "excellent" mother in her mouth not only organized everyone to save themselves after the incident, but also encouraged everyone to say: "If you don't want to die, you must work hard!"
Xiao Yang said that the mother's daughter is also very strong. She may be only three or four years old, but she has never cried from beginning to end. When her mother was dying, she was almost exhausted, but every few minutes she would ask, "Mom, are you okay?" And my mother's answer is "I'm glad you're fine."
"Later, the young mother's life jacket was broken. Although everyone really doesn't want to let go of her hand, there is no way. " Speaking of this, Xiao Yang choked up.
Drifting in the vast sea, Xiao Yang and other passengers firmly believe that they will be rescued. "As long as we see the sun tomorrow, there will be helicopters and many ships flying towards us, and they will definitely find us."
With faith, Xiao Yang and his mother encouraged each other to survive the storm and the pain of soaking their skin in seawater. The next evening, Xiao Yang and several people struggled to swim to a passing ship, which attracted the attention of the crew and saved everyone.
Xiao Yang said that after being rescued, on the way to Kota Kinabalu, many people were still wondering whether they would be left hanging on the shore after landing, so they had to walk to the embassy themselves. "I was relieved to find that everyone was waiting for us," she said.
"Thank you very much, thank fate for giving us a chance to survive. I still remember that there were two white clouds in the sky when I was rescued, which was beautiful, "Xiao Yang said.