‘Want to be my son’s pride’: father in China hailed as hero on social media after propping up drowning man for 20 minutes before rescuers arrive

By Alice Yan

Mainland social media has hailed a migrant worker in China who dived into a river to save a drowning man a hero, and given him the affectionate nickname, “Brother Lifting”.

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