MU graduate student rescued from pool
Wei was swimming with a friend when she nearly drowned.
Published June 26, 2009
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Columbia firefighters wheel graduate student Yirui Wei into an ambulance for transport to University Hospital Thursday night at Tara Apartments. Firefighters rescued Wei from the bottom of a pool after she had been there for 5 minutes.
Columbia firefighters responded to a report of a woman underwater in the pool at the Tara Apartments on Ashland Road just before 9:30 p.m Thursday night.
Columbia Fire Department Capt. Eric Hartman said firefighters arrived on the scene and found a 22-year-old female at the bottom of the pool, under about 8 feet of water.
MU News Bureau spokeswoman Mary Jo Banken identified the woman as Yirui Wei, a graduate student from Tianjin, China.
Hartman said Wei had been underwater for more than five minutes and at least one firefighter went into the pool to rescue her.
A CFD news release stated emergency crews attempted CPR at the scene before the victim was transported to the University Hospital.
University Hospital spokesman Matt Splett said Wei was in critical condition.
Banken said Wei was swimming with a friend at the time of the incident. She said Wei was a weak swimmer and her friend, a resident at Tara Apartments, did not know how to swim at all.
Banken said Wei’s parents, who are living in China, have been notified by the MU International Center and are on their way to Columbia.
The Tara apartment complex is owned by the University of Missouri and has 16 buildings. Residents must be students with children or students over the age of 21.
簡而言之就是說，有個中國女同學發生溺水意外，現在還在緊急的狀況中～
這則新聞我看到了真的是覺得好震驚！！！
這個22歲的女學生有來過華人教會...她是這麼的年輕！她還來不及相信神！
我突然覺得，我好感謝神。
雖然有困難，但是，我還好好的活著，好好的呼吸，好好的走路！
沒有急救，沒有腦缺氧，沒有氣切，沒有深夜打到我爸媽那裡告知壞消息的國際電話！
喔～我真是為他跟他的家人禱告！
他爸媽的傷痛真是讓我想到就心痛～
還有他身邊當時的朋友，我真是求神不要讓他們過度自責！
今天潘弟兄為我禱告的時候就說，他相信神在我年輕的時候讓我經歷這些，就是要在我以後的生命中更多的用我更多的讓我成為祝福。
我每天為自己禱告，再困難也往前行走，因為知道神的恩典是夠用的，知道神是愛我的。
我也真是感謝神，因為在我覺得好難過的時候，總是會有適時的安慰出現，我知道神是每天拉著我走的！
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