Rewarding the teacher in Nam Dinh who jumped into the river to save a drowning female student

After her brave act of jumping into the river to save people, teacher Nguyen Thi Mai was awarded an outstanding achievement by the Department of Education and Training of Nam Dinh province.

On May 26, the Departmentof Education and Training of Nam Dinh province issued a decision to reward outstanding achievements for Ms. Nguyen Thi Mai, a teacher at Hong Quang Primary School (Nam Truc district, Nam Dinh province).

Accordingly, the Director of the Department of Education and Training of Nam Dinh province awarded a Certificate of Merit to teacher Nguyen Thi Mai for her brave act of saving people.

In addition to the Certificate of Merit, there is a bonus according to regulations, taken from the 2025 emulation and reward budget of the Department of Education and Training.

Teacher Mai when she saved a female student who was struggling in the water and brought her to safety. Photo: DST

As reported, at around 6:30 a.m. the same day, Ms. Mai and her mother were on their way home from the hospital to take care of a sick person. When they reached the middle of Do Quan bridge, they saw many people gathered on the bridge, so she stopped to ask and was told that someone had just fallen into the water.

At that moment, without thinking much, she told her mother: "I have to jump in to save him."

“At first, I intended to climb over the bridge railing to jump down, but at that time the victim had been swept away quite far, and even if I jumped down, I might not have enough strength to swim out to save him. Seeing the stairs from the top of the bridge down to the nearby dike, I immediately took the stairs down, ran along the dike to the location where the victim had been swept away, then jumped into the river, swam out to pull the victim to shore. At that time, all I could think about was saving the person as quickly as possible,” Ms. Mai recalled.

Thanks to her years of swimming experience, Ms. Mai quickly approached the victim and brought him safely to shore. After asking and encouraging him, Ms. Mai and the locals brought the victim home.

WATCH CLIP : The moment a primary school teacher swam in a strong current to save a person. Video source: DST

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