One athlete who escaped death recounted the race details and attracted more than 100,000 followers. The athlete emphasized that the weather was good on the morning of the race, but the sudden arrival of the storm made it impossible for all athletes to react. The athletes did not send warm clothes at the starting place, but chose checkpoints (CP – water, food, clothes – PV) according to a pre-calculated schedule. As recounted by this athlete, he sent warm clothes at checkpoint 6, which is about 60 km. Therefore, athletes all start running with short clothes such as shorts, short-sleeved shirts, in the context of low temperatures. The athletes started the race with fairly short clothes, suitable for warm weather. Photo: Weibo. “Normally I would run about 2km to warm up, but with that weather, I couldn’t warm up,” the athlete said. “Things started to get complicated after CP2, when the rain fell heavily and most athletes escaped the forest. The rain was swept into the eyes by the wind, making the athletes unable to see anything, even when wearing glasses. is the most difficult part when it lasts 8 km with an altitude of up to 1,000 m. When climbing to the top, there is no water, food or even a place to rest. Athletes can’t even give up here, that’s the thing. The only thing they can do is climb down to CP4”. According to this athlete, most of the accidents came from the time at CP3 because the wind was very strong, the body temperature dropped quickly due to the heavy rain. “When I got close to CP3, I saw many other athletes give up and climb down. They said they couldn’t stand it anymore,” this athlete recounted. Each athlete will pay 1,000 yuan to participate in this race. If completed, they will receive 1,600 yuan, 600 yuan profit. “I look at the athletes giving up and think: This is how you guys wasted 1,600 yuan?. Now I just want to slap myself when I think back.” SCMP quotes the athletes who survived. “In the end, I decided to DNF (give up). I only had one thought, I can’t die here. I consider myself lucky because I made the decision to give up just at the moment when I felt my temperature start to drop. I should have DNF a little earlier. I put my finger in my mouth to warm it up but it turned out that my tongue was also numb. I was so engrossed in my own experience that I didn’t know when I was hypothermic, the temperature was. body temperature will just continuously drop very quickly and also quickly become life-threatening.” Twenty-one athletes were killed, although rescue teams searched all night. Photo: Weibo. When giving up to the tent, this athlete revealed that many people who defied the weather to continue the race had fallen. There is a 60-year-old athlete who even fainted on the mountain, in need of an emergency rescue team. The athletes who went down, even if they wanted to save, could not because they were exhausted. Ma Shuzi, a female athlete who survived, shared: “The takeaway from this race is to survive.” Hundreds of policemen went up the mountain to rescue trapped athletes from noon, but it was not until 4 pm that the race was officially canceled. Many top athletes in the running world in China are recognized Famous Chinese marathon runner, Liang Jing, died in this disastrous race. Huang Guanjun, the deaf athlete who won the marathon for the deaf at the 2019 Paralympic Games held in Tianjin, shared the same fate as Liang Jing. Baiyin City Mayor Zhang Xuchen, along with many other officials, bowed in apology: “As the organizers of the event, we feel deeply sorry and self-blame, and express our deep condolences to the victims. to the victims and send our condolences to their families and those injured.” “Provincial authorities have set up an investigation team to find out the cause of the incident,” Zhang said. According to the Yahoo! , repeated calls to Baiyin City went unanswered.

Accordingly, after seven years, the premises in front of the Ho Chi Minh City Theater have been re-established, bringing back the clean and beautiful space for the area. The appearance of Le Loi Street after removing the metro barrier No. 1. Photo: DAO TRANG The people rejoiced According to PV on the afternoon of April 28, the metro barrier No. 1 on Le Loi Street was completely removed. The road surface has been re-flat. All works of painting the road, the plastic carpet and the tiled have been completed. At the site more than 10 workers are completing the remaining jobs. Mr. Vu Thanh An, an oil painting dealer on Le Loi Street, excitedly shared with PV: “We have been out of business for nearly seven years and mainly sell to acquaintances. For many years, we have had to do business in moderation and seek new jobs. Now seeing the road open again, it is difficult for us to express our joy ”. Ms. Vu Thu Hien (a house in Alley 30, Pho Duc Chinh Street, District 1) said: “Due to a barrier, every day I have to go around and around far and in traffic jams. Now that the barricade is opened and open like this, I think not the people on this road, but all the people of the city are excited ”. Mr. Nguyen Van Qua (construction worker on the route) said that about a month ago, the construction site has been bustling. “The efforts of construction workers day and night for many months have contributed to the city people and the whole country to celebrate the liberation of the South and reunification, the brothers are all excited” – Mr. Qua said. Return the site earlier than expected MAUR said that as originally planned, the site would be returned on April 30. However, up to now, the site has been re-established and handed over to the Technical Infrastructure Management Center under the Department of Construction, the Center for Road Traffic Infrastructure Management under the Department of Transport and the People’s Committee of District 1. This position will manage the site and implement the next work before officially put into traffic. “This is an over-progress construction item, three days earlier than the direction of the City People’s Committee and 33 days earlier than the contractor’s original construction plan. Therefore, this is a great effort of MAUR and the contractor for the construction of metro line 1 project in a time of many difficulties due to the COVID-19 epidemic ”- emphasized MAUR. As for the progress of metro project No. 1, MAUR said that it will continue to coordinate with related units to speed up the construction of the next items of the project such as completing B1 floor, re-grounding Ba station. Son. Next will be the energizing work at Binh Thai power station; Importing the No.1 metro trains; installing track system, electromechanical system, signal information system on the whole route. Simultaneously, MAUR also soon carried out the installation of equipment at stations to speed up the construction progress of the project. Specific information about the package of metro projects No. 1, MAUR said so far the total volume of the whole project has reached 84.26%. In particular, the package CP1a (the underground section from Ben Thanh station to the City Theater station) started on November 15, 2016, currently reaching 88% of the volume. For package CP1b (underground section from Theater City Station to Ba Son Station), which started on August 21, 2014, currently reaches 95.56% of the volume. Package CP2 (overhead and depot) started on July 24, 2012, currently reaching 92.21% of the volume. As for the CP3 package (procurement of electromechanical equipment, locomotives, rails and maintenance for equipment), started on August 5, 2013, currently reaching 69% of the volume. Mr. Ngo Hai Duong, Head of the Management and Exploitation Department of Infrastructure, Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport, said on April 28, the Department of Transport received and handed over the premises of Le Loi Street from the investor of metro No. 1. Then, the department will install signs, signal lights and traffic on April 30. Nguyen Huu Canh Street is on schedule Mr. Luong Minh Phuc, Director of the Management Board of the City Traffic Construction Investment Project (Traffic Board), said that the Nguyen Huu Canh road improvement and repair project will finish on schedule at 8 o’clock. April 30. Accordingly, the project will solve the flooding situation occurring during the past 10 years. As noted by PV, the investor and the construction unit are actively implementing the remaining items to complete the project. In particular, most of the items are being gradually completed by the workers such as road painting, plastic carpet, tile flooring.