Medical intern saves dozens of lives as floodwaters engulf subway train

Yu Yifei, a 26-year-old medical intern at People's Hospital of Zhengzhou in Henan province, saved about a dozen people trapped in a flooded subway train when torrential rain lashed the city on July 20.

It was the first day in the job for Yu, who wants to become a doctor. That night on a subway station platform, he spent an exhausting six hours giving cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, to passengers who barely survived drowning. He also treated others who were injured.

On July 20, precipitation in Zhengzhou reached a record 201.9 millimeters between 4 pm and 5 pm.