Pukyong National University

"As soon as I saw the car falling into the sea, my body moved itself with no hesitation."

- 'Hot Topic', PKNU student who saved the driver by breaking windows of the car sunken into the sea

△Jeong Han-Ho is taking a commemorative photo at Haneoul Garden ⓒPhoto Lee Sung-Jae (PR Team)

Witnessing the car sunken into the sea, a university student who jumped into the sea without hesitation to save a driver is a hot topic.

Jeong Han-Ho (age 24), a 4th grader in the Department of Mechanical Design Engineering at Pukyong National University, Busan, is the courageous hero of this accident.

On March 27, around 6 pm, Mr. Jeong found a vehicle hit the sea by mistaken it for a road at a sea wall in Jindong-myeon, Happo-gu, Masan, Changwon, as soon as he found the car, he immediately jumped into the sea without hesitation, broke the car windows and rescued the driver.

Mr. Jeong explained the situation at that time, "I was helping my parents who run a raw fish store in my hometown on the weekend, but I looked out the window because there was a thump on the sea right in front of the store. At the moment, what I found was, a car falling to the stairway of the seawall to the sea."

He said, "The moment I saw the scene of the accident, my body moved naturally and jumped into the sea. The sea water rose to my chest, but if the car floated away, I felt there was no way to do anything, so I grabbed the tow hook behind the vehicle floating in the sea with both hands and pulled it out towards the sea wall."

At that time, it was raining a lot nationwide and the days were getting dark. "The driver was alone in the car, but the doors and windows were broken and the driver couldn't come out. I promptly brought a hammer, broke the window and pulled the driver out, and my father brought a small fishing boat in the gap, he pulled the driver up to rescue," Mr. Jeong said.

The Changwon Fire Headquarters awarded him the 'Golden Time 119' award on April 16 for Mr. Jeong's courageous behavior and on May 6, the POSCO TJ Park Foundation visited Pukyong National University and awarded him a commendation.

"Anyone would have acted the same when seeing such an accident, but I am a little embarrassed because people pay a lot of attention. I am an ordinary university student preparing for a job, but I want to become a person who can take action when I see a person in difficult situation in the future," he said, smiling. <Pukyong Today>

△Jeong Han-Ho is taking a commemorative photo after receiving a commendation from the POSCO TJ Park Foundation. (From the right, Oh Dong-Ho, Executive Director of POSCO TJ Park Foundation, Jeong Han-Ho, Jang Young-Soo, President of PKNU, Jo Sang-Geun, Counter Policies Director in Changwon Fire Headquarters)