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“He worked side by side with our electric power staff in freezing snow and sub-zero weather, and participated in the emergency repair of power supply lines and transformer equipment in Yayu Township, Yuping County, until the entire emergency repair task was successfully completed. ”

After the start of the new semester, South China University of Technology received a letter of thanks from Tongren Power Supply Bureau of Guizhou Province. The letter said: “During the process of participating in our bureau’s emergency rescue and disaster relief and ensuring power supply, student Ma Xiao fully It has carried forward the dedication spirit of being 'especially able to endure hardships and especially able to fight', which makes us deeply feel the style of the new era college students cultivated by your school."

Ma Xiao, a student from Class 04 Electrical (3) who was praised in the letter, did not tell his teachers and classmates about his participation in rescue operations during the winter vacation.

After the incident spread on campus, Ma Xiao became embarrassed. He said that in fact, he only helped with some physical work and did not connect the wires. He was not qualified yet. "I gained a lot from participating in this rescue. I learned to think about life and how to make career plans."

Ma Xiao's home is in Tongren City, Guizhou Province, which is the city that has suffered the most ice and snow disaster since mid-January this year. One of the most serious areas. On January 25, there was a power outage across the Tongren area. More than a foot of ice and snow accumulated on the roads. A large number of students in primary and secondary schools were stranded who could not go home. In order to keep students warm, some schools split tables and chairs to use as firewood. Ma Xiao's family lived in the school, and he felt very uncomfortable looking at the burning fires.

Since he majors in electrical engineering, Ma Xiao is particularly concerned about power disasters. When he learned that the local power grid was almost broken due to bad weather, there was an extreme shortage of repair manpower, and many roads were blocked by ice, making it difficult for foreign reinforcements to arrive in time. He became anxious and went straight to the local power supply bureau: "Please let me come with you. Go to the front line!"

This move shocked the people at the Power Supply Bureau: "You are only a student, and rescue and disaster relief are not as simple as you think." Ma Xiao believed that after three years. Learn more and have certain professional knowledge. He said, "One more person adds more strength, and I have the ability to do a good job." Since Ma Xiao had previously interned at Tongren Power Supply Bureau, he dialed the mobile phone of the director of the Power Supply Bureau, hoping to open a "back door." Ma Xiao also tried his best to persuade the teacher and mother who had objections, and walked into the queue of electrical maintenance workers.

It took the car carrying the emergency repair team four hours to complete the journey that usually only takes half an hour to reach the Wanshan Special Economic Zone, which has been without power for six days. As soon as he got off the car, Ma Xiao was immediately infected by the lively rescue atmosphere at the scene. "United as one, united as one," Ma Xiao said. In the past, this sentence was only used as a slogan, but in this special environment, it became a reality.

Ma Xiao had never seen such heavy snow. He lacked experience in walking in the snow, so he only wore a pair of flat sneakers. He slipped every step and fell countless times. "Now that we're here, we have to get on with it!" He simply took off his gloves and put them on his shoes, and devoted all his energy to the work of lifting equipment and transporting supplies.

The ice has broken the iron frame supporting the power lines. Due to the mountainous terrain, most of the equipment must be carried manually. Cleaning up the broken wires hanging around the tower has become an important task. The wires were originally only two centimeters thick, but the ice coating made them several times thicker. Ma Xiao and the electric power employees lifted these wires with bare hands.

Once, the heavy tower suddenly tipped to one side, and the wires on the other side instantly stood up. A worker was lifted up by the wires, and his feet were in the air. It was very dangerous. Ma Xiao and his colleagues were extremely anxious and tried their best to pull back the wires and finally resolved the danger.

Sometimes lunch can’t be eaten until four or five o’clock in the afternoon. Everyone eats cold box lunches on the ice on the trees, and then works under the spotlight until late at night. At 7 o’clock the next day And concentrated on time. Ma Xiao recalled that every day was like this, but no one complained about being tired or suffering.

“People who sit by the fire and watch these things may find it very hard, but only those who have experienced it personally know how hard it is.” Ma Xiao told reporters that during a week on the front line of emergency repairs, the most impressive thing was What is profound is the selfless struggle of those rescue workers and young party members and commandos.

After the emergency repair work came to an end, Ma Xiao returned home. Although he was tired, he still couldn't take any time off. He noticed that due to the mountainous terrain and large areas of icy roads, it caused great difficulties for people to travel. He began to call every middle school classmate and summoned everyone to go out to shovel snow and clear roads.

Ten classmates were moved by him. Early the next morning, they took shovels and industrial salt and went to the seriously icy road to shovel away the ice and snow until nightfall. For several days, until the ice and snow melted. A group of young people shoveling snow silently did not attract the attention of passers-by. Only an old woman passing by took their hands and said "thank you", which made them happy.

After a day's work, they like to hide aside and observe quietly for a while. Ma Xiao and his classmates felt so happy when they saw everyone walking on the path they had shoveled.

For three and a half years in college, Ma Xiao has been serving as the life committee member of the class. He believes this helps a lot in developing his own sense of responsibility. "As a college student, it is very important to be a person with a sense of social responsibility." Ma Xiao's teacher told reporters that Ma Xiao is a student who knows how to care about others and likes to do good things silently, even if he is not understood or noticed. mind.

After this winter vacation, Ma Xiao feels that he is more mature than before. His future plan is to call on more classmates to take the initiative to express condolences and help those in need. He said: "College students are a large group and can play a big role in promoting good social atmosphere."

Now, Ma Xiao has begun to take action: mobilizing the whole family to go to nursing homes to help the lonely elderly, Grab all the classmates in the dormitory and go to the school for the deaf and mute to play games with the children. He believes that the best way is to infect everyone he knows around him and use the small shining points in ordinary life to tell people: "From responsibility to action, there is only one step."