Taiwanese reporter thanks deliveryman for saving him from near death

台灣記者感謝送貨員在他瀕死前救了他

A reporter took to Facebook on Sunday to thank a stranger for saving his life when he was seriously injured and nearly died in a traffic accident in May this year.


TAIPEI (Taiwan News)--A reporter took to Facebook on Sunday to thank a former volunteer firefighter for saving his life when he was seriously injured and nearly died in a traffic accident in May this year.

SET News reporter Fu Chia-ching (傅家慶) was riding a scooter on a street in Zhonghe District, New Taipei City in the morning of May 4 when he was involved in a crash. The impact reportedly broke Fu’s right femoral artery, causing him to bleed profusely and lose spontaneous breathing and heartbeat for 23 minutes.

Recounting the moment between life and death, Fu said that a motorcyclist was riding through the accident scene when “he saw me lying in a pool of blood, he had no fear; he began to put the first aid training he had received into use and performed CPR on me” until emergency medical responders arrived.

“It’s your professionalism and courage that made the miracle of my revival possible,” Fu said.

He said he had thought about holding a sign at the scene of the accident in order to find his savior and that he was mentally prepared that he might never find this person.

Fu said, “After regaining life, I've been trying to live meaningfully so that the efforts made by so many people to save my life won’t be in vein.”

Fu began efforts to find his savior online last week after he won a journalism award. The efforts were successful as Fu found his savior, Chang Ching-lung (張慶龍), a former volunteer firefighter, just one day after he began the online campaign. Having learned that he had found Chang, Fu said in a Facebook post that he would contact Chang to thank him in person, adding that Chang is a Buddha, an angel in the earthly world.

When Chang was contacted by New Taipei City Fire Department and notified of Fu’s efforts to find him, he said, “I only did what I should do.”

After learning that Fu survived the accident, Chang, who works as a deliveryman, said he was very much delighted to hear that.



Former volunteer firefighter Chang Ching-lung (張慶龍)