(FILE)

Shao Yerong, a captain of the regimental police division of the Wenzhou Public Security Bureau, is being highly praised by the public for his passion in a rail accident rescue and saving a young girl's life.

On July 23, a disastrous train crash happened near Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, resulting in a death toll of 39 passengers with hundreds severely injured. Even after there was no sign of life when the accident site had been covered by detection instruments, Shao insisted on searching carriages for any possible survivors before the carriages were moved from the 15-meterhigh track on to the ground.

"At that time, we were not sure there was life or not. If by any chance there was, how could we just stop searching? And if we just stopped, what can we say to the families?" Shao said.

Shao and his team continued the search and rescue work. Twenty-one hours after the accident, they found a 2-year-old girl alive but unconscious in a badly damaged carriage.