For the far of the wheels

-- written in7·23On the eve of the Wenzhou train crash anniversary

 

Gao Shengke

 

And it with writing, travel, interview, investigation, reading, anxiety, trouble in the past day in and day out. After the Yichun crash accident investigation report published, it suddenly remember the disaster has been nearly two years; also, to write this invitation, come to learn, Wenzhou train crash anniversary has been to.

 

Time away, I have even forgotten I had arrived at the broken limbs, shocking scene in Wenzhou, I began to forget I interviewed who, do what thing, which has been an adventure experience, even I have many similar experiences confusion. Because behind the news, there is a kind of to bemoan the similarity.

 

The shadow of the disaster, the spread of more than one time this century, but will not disappear from here. However, every disaster's shadow, is another side light, also want with sunshine and hope. From the macro, disaster witness is a national history and national rise and fall, and strong; from the micro people, only after these disasters, witnessed the light and dark hole, cut the goodness of human nature and the ugly person, he is the true vigorously.

 

Whether it is the place in which disaster which year, all of the people, only through the limited unlimited memory and recall, to enrich and fullness of the story the integrity and smooth. And the story, not just a tragicomedy, is also related to the story of time. And all the people made up hard, comes from one of the most fundamental hope: how to make the disaster does not occur.

 

A: Wenzhou chapter

 

The earliest known accident is not "two car rear end", but "one bullet train carriages derailed". I was in Beijing at the time374On the bus, his colleagues on the phone with quick sound to send me the news.

 

In the accident last week, I went to Beijing Jiaotong University, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and other units of the interview, because before a week, fault reason for frequent High-speed Rail fault was not identified, and the way the interview has been blocked.7Month23Day afternoon, a few hours before the tragedy has not yet happened, I call a week interview not depressed, swimming in the Haidian stadium to be tired out.

 

Night bus, received a phone call at the moment, I hasten to get off, take a taxi to go home quickly. When the net is not about the news of the accident, but I began to pack up, predict to leave. The news was evidence from Wenzhou, near ShangHai Railway Station of colleagues and rushed to the scene, but I changed travel under the unit plan:24Early in the morning by the High-speed Rail rushed to Shanghai, then to Wenzhou. This arrangement is, along with Taka Tetsuji by the conversation to master this accident of railway system what is the internal reaction, wants to investigate some clues, to help the interview more direction, also want to interview the Shanghai Railway Bureau and a large number of passengers stranded in stations.

 

Arrived in Wenzhou is the lights, a taxi directly to the Ministry of Railways in the post held the first, and only time a news conference. In that all Chinese remember news conference, Ministry spokesman Wang Yongping revealed the presence last term, I remember that the emotional tension, many reporters near rough, sharp questions from reporters make Wang several words. Conference ended in a hurry, sit in the back of the I, the first by Wang Yongping. He did not answer my question, may also not listen to me, only I think friends to sigh: "so will become like this? Did not think ah, how to do?" In several be robust and strong security to escort him downstairs, piled up reporters blunt he shouted, just get him back to wave farewell moment. And this moment but fixed into a metaphor: he was later removed from the.

 

Wenzhou Shuangyu Town, the seat near20Meter bridge, EMU carbody tilting, around pulls up the warning line, together with the people of every hue. The villagers around the memories, the first rescue is the surrounding villagers, the night after the thunderstorm, the dull bang, then exclaimed spread. Many villagers in the rescue, half an hour later, the first batch of fire and rescue officials rushed to the villagers, after being expelled, not allowed to participate in the rescue. "I do not know is better in order to rescue, if we get in the way, and how, in short all the villagers only far view copies", a villager said.

 

I after the interview memories in such a scene: after less than ten minutes,24Year old Yu Zhen Xia Ao village Xie Kai warm, is the first arrived on the scene to rescue the villagers. He and two fellow villagers were rescued30Injured.

 

Xie said, the scene to see a lot of remaining arm amputated limbs, not only him, even the village most older people also have never seen such a miserable scene. Let him not forget is, a body has been broken into three parts girl grabbed his leg, his surviving. In the already running under the bridge, into the compartment, a middle-aged man lying on the ground on his Lianhu "save me!" The middle-aged man is physical, weak thank warm back not to move him, and finally a few villagers to work together to bring him up to the highway.

 

About the victims of memories, write more heavy. I only talk about7Month27On the morning of9Start at half the families of the victims of a protest. WenZhou South Railway Station.39Old Fuzhou Ji Lin Xiao for victims in the crowd the front, hundreds of the victims' families lined up, "the truth is the disaster, is also the dignity" scroll up, "I also truth" voice is high. On the same day, Shanghai Railway Bureau, Ningbo and WenZhou South Railway Station responsible person talks respectively in family members sit on the ground, the media was asked in a meters away, "we appeal you can call the shots? Tell us, this is the biggest sincerity!" Representatives of the families of questioning say without mincing words. Negotiations part.

 

The afternoon1Point40The second round points, is in the south of two floor studio was shut sb., mass media. "Closed door meeting lasted nearly three hours," the other was bureaucratic family representative said, ". Negotiations between the two sides end. The day I micro-blog live coverage of the whole process, continuous forward and comments, let my mobile phone soon have no electricity, everywhere looking for charging source. On the same day and foreign media contact me, want to live at the scene, I help them to do the guest thanks, but for various reasons I refused politely, continue to take a taxi and ran the car had been mutilated field. I still remember those families pale face, the tears dry, and the momentum of high slogan is very firm, "to seek the truth, then talk about compensation" slogan shook all pay more attention to the accident. Now, they are OK? Whether the agreement has been reached? I really don't have the heart to ask.

 

As I afterwards learned the news, in the "divide and conquer" strategy, the twist into a rope family group soon disintegrate once selected, dry strength, will soon no longer appeared, even the phone also no longer easily answer. Harmonious society in the Chinese, "crab" is not a strange expression.

 

After a few days I was in the hospital to see the injured, the more touching. I planned to write feature stories about the next one, and eventually wrote only deficiency2000The word will be shelved. In these still retain the material, I pick out one of the following details of the appendix, because it let me for a long time can not forget:

 

Lying in the hospital, the injured Chen Lihua, the most wanted is that very memorable travel bag, black, Fangfangzhengzheng, emblazoned with the logo Mitsubishi. This two years ago in Japan Mitsubishi Co Mister personally presented the travel bag, put5The disabled coaches qualifications: one of the master's body was not cremated, the rest4The owner is still lying in the Wenzhou Third Hospital, ward. It is this5This certificate, let five on theD301The train be caught off guard, the disaster, a dead,4A person disability.

 

39Old Chen Lihua is Fujian Province Jian disabled driving school principals, the newly established school, Fuzhou City5Disabled drive one of school.7Month19Day, he and his brother Chen Yunying and five in the traffic department of transportation in Jiangsu Zhenjiang organized training workshops.

 

7Month23Day, five qualificatory certificate, excitedly rush back to Fuzhou. Compared to Nanjing train ride the airplane is more convenient, so the Zhenjiang south station, afternoon3When the3Divided, they rideD301The disaster of vehicle road south.

 

5Ticket is president Chen Lihua bought two seat, etc.,2Car no.. Chen Lihua chose a window seat. Along the way, they play cards, also bought a few cans of beer. The black travel bag, Chen Lihua was cast in the luggage rack.

 

For a moment the whole carriage in line under the bridge, only remember three seconds Chen Lihua. The first seconds, he flew to the opposite side of the seat; second seconds, the head hit the glass, chapter three seconds, the whole body falls rebound in car floor, head on the ground. Later, unconscious.

 

He was slightly injured Companions to wake up. When he woke up, he found himself sitting on the TV screen, the window broke a big hole, surrounded by a black. Later, he saw a group of fire officers and soldiers break into houses, the flashlight light, his business card and ID card is scattered on the ground.

 

The next day, rushed to the relatives that, Chen Lihua's brother Chen Yunying had died: at the time of the accident, he stood1Number and2Carriage passage between the family, to send a "immediately to Wenzhou, May you be safe throughout the journey" message.

 

That brother died, spewing from the clot is still in the eye tears. Chen Lihua is injured not light, the interior of the skull fracture, right leg fracture, pulmonary contusion, metatarsal fracture, but the injury in the accident200The wounded was not seriously injured more than.

 

7Month28DayAfternoon, the Third Hospital of Wenzhou city,8017The room, when the reporter to see him, eye of a blood clot in here. "Now has recovered very well, just to see him, his eyes swollen like a panda. We thought the wrong room, "Chen Lihua's sister Chen Meiying said.

 

Said Chen Lihua must find the black travel bag, because inside5This certificate. This certificate for the five in one death and four injuries means what, he also does not know. But Chen Lihua insisted on going to find it.

 

 "How could it be lost?" Chen Lihua is still fresh in the memory, wake up, see his rescuers flashlight light, has overturned2Car, a piece of broken glass, black travel bag lying there quietly.

 

"I saw the bag, take out," being carried on a stretcher left the carriage, there was cry sound, Chen Lihua of this sentence appears weak.

 

"What's the hurry? After then. It is not about the Gu fortune." Rescuers said to him.

 

Later, Chen family for several days, the baggage claim office was set up to the post accident times, finding. Strange is,5People in the4People were killed, including the brother's luggage was found, why only the Mitsubishi card bag gone?

 

5People's luggage, the biggest difference lies in: the other4Baggage only a clothes, and Chen Lihua's bag top layer, with a stack1.8Million yuan in cash. Then in the layer, is not valuable thick invoice, and friends to send a few Chinese "".

 

"Other things are not, I want that5Qualification certificate". When saying this word, Chen Lihua qiruoyousi, nostril tubes.

 

It is the loss of Mitsubishi card bag, let the Ministry of railway rehabilitation treatment team and Chen Lihua had first met, but also the accident5The only time contact days. One of the demands of Chen Lihua expression is to find the travel bag, find the5This certificate.

 

The story so far end, I also did not ask, whether Chen Lihua found that think constantly of travel bag, whether to find those5This certificate. In fact, after the find what? If it can give let grief dropped, so I pray, very wish! If it will add to the pain, so I hope that the travel bag,5This certificate has One's whereabouts is a mystery.

 

Two, deadly repeat

 

The hot Wenzhou, in many people's minds laid mark, or is an inextricable knot. This is a no matter how many years later, when I think of still very painful topic.

 

To toss and turn around in a news reporter, in recent years, frequent disasters often follow some unsystematic rules. These incidents, with the in-depth investigation, found the cause of the accident in a certain degree of similarity, all can not break away human responsibility.

 

The Wenzhou train crash, and after two months in the Shanghai subway10Line No. two car rear end accident, how similar! The same is to stop before the car fault, then the car directly with the rear end collision. The cause of the accident as a signal failure, the artificial operation mode, and the most traditional, is also the most simple manipulation, unexpectedly in the mechanized prevalent today has not safe use, scheduling a major human error, resulting in two car collision. Fortunately, Shanghai accident was not in the peak hours, but also lucky is not fast in speed, no personnel were killed, but also caused hundreds of people were injured.

 

Then the Songhua River pollution accident such as apart time is near, and Zijin mining pollution accident. The bad weather the same conditions, the same external environment is not good, only the names of two enterprises of different, but the nature is how close.2010Years seems to be an eventful year, in the same year in Dalian oil explosion, originated in the pipeline maintenance and construction workers accidentally, improper operation, make the marine ecological significant pollution accident, flame burning15Hours, accident shocked the world. Then just end the interview to be tired out, come back to Beijing, heard of Nanjing chemical waste man-made explosion accident news, units assigned me to start again, to Nanjing.

 

I still remember that arrived in Shenyang late at night, and should take the flight to Nanjing is the next day morning, I lodged overnight at Sheyang Taoxian Airport eaves that night, the rain chilly, that is my career as a journalist because embarrassed and unforgettable night, I also the short span of the displacement of a high the strength of the business interview. He arrived in Nanjing on the afternoon of the same day, has been to identify the cause of the accident is directly related to human responsibility, or the low-level error: improper, careless operator.

 

Fatal error is repeated until when? Mistake really can not check erroneous ideas at the outset, it can not be extinguished in the bud? I don't understand. A similar accident, the depth of coverage of the ductility is also a great challenge, we do not want in each depth report, just tell the public incidents than up, just in time, place and people of different, but should tell the reader more information, for safety production and accident put an end to do a humble.

 

Puzzling has not yet terminated. After the accident investigation report of Yichun air crash recently announced, "finance and economics" a group of Chinese type crash claims report. Writing process, I study a lot about Chinese crash history data. In the last century80Time to2010The crash near Yichun30Years, Chinese there were dozens of major accident, and the reason is, each kind of accident are non case. For example, in2010Yichun with the disaster year1997Year in Shenzhen of China Southern Airlines5·8The crash is very similar.5·8The cause of the crash, it is because of bad weather conditions forced landing, the plane failure, bounce three times during the plane, landing gear, badly damaged fuselage structure were also hit hard. The complex flight after repeated warnings, the cockpit crew tried again, landing, the aircraft on the ground broken into three parts, the body after the disintegration of explosion, cause35People were killed.

 

I watched the Shenzhen air crash black box on the Internet, is not their own, in more than 10 minutes of the entire record, coordination between the operating crew of chaos, the low level of concern, and the last sentence the copilot despair shouted out: "lifting rate is too high", is an empty scream. Then, a long time of silence: the plane had crashed. This black box records, make you fly from time to time the haunt.

 

The investigation on the accident of logical analysis and reasoning methods have evolved a series of process, from the initial single inductive method, deductive method and analogy method, eventually developing a comprehensive, diversified accident chain analysis. From the current international standard accident investigation method -- Method for the analysis of accident chain, shows some characteristics China calamity, is often a ring failure, while the other part of the same fall, similar to the Domino effect, eventually lead to disaster.

 

During the interview, an expert of safety field say say without mincing words: we were born in a revival, for other modes of transport is also an accident, the accident the traffic tools in contrast, accident rate is not the highest, in addition to the "lucky" because of the risk of accident really not the internal people expected so frequent and severe.

 

What I fear most is a prophecy prophecy, of course what I fear is, China disaster in the same low-level errors do not repent, always enter the inextricably bogged down in "two philosophers cannot step into the same river" in the whirlpool. A wise nation should grow in disaster middle school, and should not be hasty to forget.

 

If a fatal mistake repeated occur repeatedly, cannot contain the tragedy, so whether it should be thoroughly really, this is how a moment in history? Inflection point will arrive? For a nation, a country, if not in this should be avoided disaster to learn from our experience and lessons, not screening those memorable and profound reflection, the national happiness index is not just empty talk and mirage?

 

A very enjoyable words is, as a long-term charge into the enemy ranks in the forefront of the reporter, I'm tired, even in those. I very much hope that if the water like enjoy personal happiness, even to himself alone and lonely, even Shendanyingzhi also feel very strong, and I hope I can dive down to do some quiet such asGross domestic productThe steady growth of rational static news, because a large outside environment that is healthy, orderly and healthy.

 

 

Three, no solution after the lament tone

 

Death has a variety of forms, how to treat death also has a variety of angles. The disaster of death is not be caught off guard, "the book of life and death" in the description of Tibet from the deathbed until the death of the peace, and that death does not struggle the theme of war in the story. I have read the "dead sea fight in a long green car: mother Sontag last years", in his works, Susan Sontag this is known as America good woman, life deathbed had contradictions interwoven with hope and despair, but a little strong: she refused to die. Thus, their beliefs and desires, no matter how people, all the same.

 

And I interviewed the disaster news, often be rather baffling the victims died, was innocent. The news come unexpectedly let friends and family can not accept, because the death is robbed.

 

For many families, rehabilitation after major disasters more than money, more is to question the truth, they want to know "why is that?". Of course, it must be pointed out, there are also some families are also perennial complaints, it is because of the advantages and disadvantages of much money. Recently Yichun crash accident reports, have no alternative against one's will do some follow-up on these families (the return is heavy, equivalent to rake up the past, heavy poke scars, like in the two injuries, they even if you are kindly contact them).

 

In many families I through the telephone, some is in office or business is not bad money, there is short of money, just because of money problems and did not accept the compensation agreement. In the economic status, family status greatly different, opinions are difficult to agree. But together they couldn't accept is, some people, some departments in the accident had occurred, the family is not from the mood relieved when, while talking about compensation price would like to cancel. This China claim, is for accidents outsiders see, suffering is the parties.

 

This Chinese claim in the aftermath of the accident, many disaster areas have proved effective every time. Some experts give me analysis: Chinese claim, that it just happened, will take to resolve, through negotiations on administrative means and family official, both commercial properties, but also through administrative means, in the process of using delaying tactics. The result is, the family members be tired out, some family members have been killed, but the aftermath still claim.

 

In this context, the disadvantage of the families began to look for the media, to solve problems by means of the mouthpiece of public opinion is. So many people began to point out, the accident has just happened, the media after the accident, the media they charge into the enemy ranks. A corroboration of the case is the Yichun air crash, when the accident occurred hundred media presence; and two years later, the family is hard to find media.

 

Have the students of Communication University of China to contact me this year, she must complete graduation thesis topic is "disaster after media intervention is not enough", she believes that now the media lack of follow-up reports of unexpected events. I hope I can provide some help. In fact, there are some deficiencies media subsequent events, but there are also some events or reports are too many, but finally still didn't find the core of the news value. Moreover, I told her, "the follow-up follow-up reports of" extension is too wide, no critical point.

 

In addition, if a lot of disaster interview with is also a key link. A relationship between the use of each other as often media and interview object, both regard each other as tool. Many have "problem solving" families don't want to answer media phone, there are many "the problem was not solved" families looking for media without the door, which is the imbalance and misalignment relations. While the media often interview also do not pay attention to news ethics, in order to achieve the purpose of disturbing the interview form.

 

Interview to communicate with the families of the victims, is a suffering precisely. With its heavy poke scars, rather than simply adjust or even give up, is the news operation principle I've always hoped to hold the. Therefore, about the Yichun air crash reports, finally let me give up the interview many seemingly tender care, but cruel, make the balance and adjustment between news and other emotions. That has suffered from family earthquake group, they do not want to be amplified in the spotlight, the most effective way is: time to heal. This is the year, I seldom again with the Wenzhou train crash victims, the families of the victims have frequent contact.

 

Multidimensional long lens view is very important for the whole observation impetuous media. Long term concern is can make accurate news judgment, this foundation, to take the appeal and advocate their, believe that this is a benign way to disaster of the follow-up reports.

 

The news is very fragile, and the depth of coverage is more like a luxury. Each of the truth of the news of the complex, all like the Virgo touchy, nervous mood, only infinitely close to, but not really all reduction. Reported participation in disaster of the first-line investigation, is on a growth reporter occupation, specialization, and certainly to the humanity, the thorough insight.

 

In the long river of history, can only rely on time to unlock all the injured heart knot, to open the about rehabilitation total in the knot lament.

 

In the eve of anniversary of the Wenzhou train crash, may the dead rest! Living strong! Greater hope is Cathay, cas!