Remarkable video from China of a brave man risking his own life to rescue a 70-year-old woman trapped in a frozen river.
The footage, filmed in Baoding City in Hebei Province in northern China on December 26, shows the 54-year-old man named Shi Lei spreading himself on the river of ice and grabbing at the woman, who appears unable to help herself.
At one point in the video, he smashes the ice around the woman with his bare hands to free the woman, then pulls the elderly woman out of the freezing waters.
In one heart-stopping moment, the woman's head disappears below the surface of the water before she re-emerges.
Another man walks to the Good Samaritan holding a plank and tries to help him.
After the woman was rescued, nearby residents brought coats and blankets to help warm the woman up.
She was eventually taken home by Shi and reunited with her relatives.
The footage, filmed in Baoding City in Hebei Province in northern China on December 26, shows the 54-year-old man named Shi Lei spreading himself on the river of ice and grabbing at the woman, who appears unable to help herself.
At one point in the video, he smashes the ice around the woman with his bare hands to free the woman, then pulls the elderly woman out of the freezing waters.
In one heart-stopping moment, the woman's head disappears below the surface of the water before she re-emerges.
Another man walks to the Good Samaritan holding a plank and tries to help him.
After the woman was rescued, nearby residents brought coats and blankets to help warm the woman up.
She was eventually taken home by Shi and reunited with her relatives.
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