Korean firefighters and Japanese tourists who teamed up to rescue a Chinese tourist while visiting Okinawa to receive thank you cards

Korean firefighters and Japanese tourists who teamed up to rescue a Chinese tourist while visiting Okinawa to receive thank you cards


September 2, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo Digital Edition

The Naha Fire Department announced September 2 that they would be presenting a thank you card to two Korean firefighters who, back in June, just happened to be passing through the Don Quijote store on Kokusai Dori in Naha when a Chinese tourist began complaining of chest pains before suddenly collapsing, and were able to save him.

The pair of firefighters were brought an automated external defibrillator (AED) by a Don Quijote employee, and were able to resuscitate the Chinese visitor by using the machine to administer electric shocks. After the Naha Fire Department’s ambulance crew arrived, the Chinese man’s heartbeat and breathing had returned. The man was taken to the hospital for examination before being released with no after-effects.

Additionally, a female Japanese tourist, 27, visiting from Aichi Prefecture who quickly ran to dial 119 was also sent a thank you card. There is also a plan to give commendations to the Don Quijote employees who provided the Korean firefighters with the AED, and guided the emergency medical crew through the store.

The Naha Fire Department Central Fire Station gave as a reason for the commendations, “The act of saving a life is huge.”

The two firefighters involved in the rescue work at a fire station in southern South Korea. The two consented to receiving the thank you card, and the Naha Fire Department is working on a way to send it to them. Fire Chief Masahiro Teruya said, “The act of saving a life is extremely noble. It may be presumptuous, but it would be good if this improved the perilous mood between Japan and Korea, if only a little.”

(English translation by T&CT and Sam Grieb)

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