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Onlookers could be heard screaming in dramatic video of the rescue, which has been widely shared on Chinese social media.
Footage shows the woman struggling against the strong current before she floats motionless.
Mr Ellison swiftly swims towards her and drags her to safety.
Onlookers throw down a rubber ring to help with the rescue.
Mr Ellison then pulled the woman and gave her first aid.
In a statement, the British Consulate-General in Chongqing confirmed the rescuer was Mr Ellison.
They said the woman quickly regained consciousness and began to breathe, and that she didn't suffer any serious injuries.
Mr Ellison was praised on social media for his heroic actions.
One person said: "[He] is indeed very kind and brave."
Mr Ellison has lived and worked in China for nine years. He was born in Newcastle, and joined the Department for International Trade at the British Embassy in Beijing six years ago.
He won his age group at the 2019 Beijing International Triathlon.
LordDebuchan
That person in the water has about all the survival instinct of a fucking lead weight.
spontaneous9
Nice socks.
Peynus
Good stuff! Not sure that's a 'fast-running river' , though
ciriausly
Is she still holding onto her phone? What's that black thing she switched it from one hand to the other on 1st video? Some survival instinct
piewacket
Fast flowing? Looks fairly placid. Bridge with no guardrails? Falling in was bound to happen.
KnightOfMigrainia
Dat socks tho
beartrap1
More like a lazy river
Dentistman
Is she clutching her phone in her hand !?
smokin77chick
I’m pretty sure she is. Really confusing.
HighlandPotatoe
WOOOO A NEWCASTLE HOME BOY!
pazooPositivityPlayer
Well I'd imagine that'd improve diplomatic relations
Bukulu
Hehehe, "current events"
FuzzyBear
PoopholeAintALoophole
This guy frightens me.
procrastinatingagain
Awesome story. Glad she's ok.
Captain71
Onlookers are like: Why is she just laying there ?
shawberry
Maybe they were confused. thats the only way ppl where just standing there
SnarkeyMonkey
Wait...is she still holding her phone??
Cyberpope67
or fist curled from epileptic seizure?
burnttortilla
She’s still hanging on to her phone tho ?
DeathZeppelin
in case you ever need to throw one of these to rescue someone, you are supposed to throw it behind them, and pull it to them!
AisforApple
But what if they're facing away from you?
slinkiisu
Throw it past* them
Soboredwithlife
No. Throw it a few feet from them and when they're almost at it give it a little tug and laugh. Repeat this til they're on land.
Cyberpope67
hae someone else do the filming, though, so no jerky camera motion
IAmNotNSAsodonotbeparanoid
Was she hanging on to her phone the whole time?
Cyberpope67
the ONE guy she knows who'll fuck her's number was in there.
Naggert
Shit. People are faster to find their phones and film someone die a slow death, than jump in to save her. Pathetic!
Cyberpope67
seems unicversal. Yup,. our monkey species is fucked up.
Shenschtein
But she was still holding her phone...
cabayemylover
Fair play to him he's done a lot more than anyone else in that gif but Fuck the Sun newspaper.
kitterskills
Um, fast flowing? Who wrote this shit?
chelsiereeder3000
Help! I am drowning, but can’t get my phone wet!!?!
TableLamp
That was canny brave
jacktheron
I lived in HK for a few years and you always saw this stuff during elections. People standing in the crowd saying good things about a guy
MedicSailor
That woman looks physically disabled. The curled up wrists, total lack of coordination etc. Even ppl who can't swim kick and thrash
Feralkyn
She'd cracked her head by that point, yeah
n0n53n53
well that or you know barely conscious because she's drowning?
MedicSailor
Yeah, the hand movements at the end, the distended jaw etc. have me convinced! She held onto her phone the whole time surprisingly
jayrot
Just FYI, a person drowning in reality looks very different than in the movies. Ask any lifeguard -- very little thrashing and struggling
Feralkyn
He's right--she hit her head, it was a neurological response
3141592pancake
The thrashing would be panic before hypoxia, then there's not enough O2 in blood and people go limp, from what I gather. (Not a lifeguard).
Hawkmaid
You know what this makes a lot more sense, thank you for making me reevaluate!
Hoodzilla86
Someone get that girl swimming lessons
SyrusDrake
Whenever I see smth like this, I hope that I'll have the same bravery should it ever be necessary.
suchawiz6178
Only if you’re a reaaaaallllyyyyyy good swimmer. Otherwise, 2 dead people.
DirtPoorFarmerSeedingUsersub
"fast-flowing"
bdoverflow101
That comes from the "strong current ".
Skizzlesnap
It gives more pop to the story than “Lady Saved From Lazy River”.
GlowstickJedi
I didn't want to be the one to detract from this guys actions, but yeah that's not fast flowing. Typical Sun 'journalism'
Emraldo
Plot twist: Foreigner tries to kidnap woman enjoying the lazy river at local waterpark.
FlyingButtPliers
If you watch the video, it is pretty fast before she appears to hit her head and get swept under the stone bridge people are standing on.
Feralkyn
I was wondering. It def. looked like neuro involvement--I thought she'd had a seizure.
meencontreconunarusaquesabiaquenataliaoreiroerauruguaya
Aha right?! I mean good for him honestly. But the whole thing looks bizarre
cliffbarsancereal
She didn't panic which is nice...sometimes they dont
michaelscottwasagenius
I agree. How the hell did the lady get that close if she couldn’t swim? But it happens all the time, though.
JustDontCare
Definitely weird. But I’m going to believe in the good of people and also the stupidity. Many people fall and drown just like this.
DirtPoorFarmerSeedingUsersub
Propaganda style writing
kaoticone
Agreed. Not that our own media isn't littered with "real life rescues"
Arkvoodle
"struggling" shes just floating there not even trying
joot
She had struck her head at that point.
yourlocalgayfurry
Sometimes that's what drowning looks like bro.
Kiriande
Yeah it is what drowning can look like. However, they described it as "struggling", which clearly is not what's happening
jzatarski
I imagine we're missing the beginning of the mentioned footage, because of 60s limits.
PADDYOT
No no, they meant she's struggling to drown, not struggling to swim.
locknut8
Tell you why, cause no CCP conditioned Chinese person was going to do it.
theusernameimlookingfor
Gonna be an asshole: you need diplomatic immunity to be able to do it...
nietzchebomb
Yup. If they die, it’s on those who tried to save them.
FuzzyBear
Evidence?? Jackie Chan is a well renowned CCP supporter and I bet he would jump in. CCP generally bad but no need to be racist
AisforApple
I think theyre referencing how China suffered from scammers and no good Samaritan laws until 2017 and the people conditioned by that system
SuperiorPebble
It's common knowledge that China has a serious problem in it's citizens being afraid to intervene for fear of legal liability. Look it up.
FuzzyBear
On 1 October 2017, China's national Good Samaritan law came into force https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Samaritan_law#China
valen00
I'm sure that will change decades of cultural indoctrination
FuzzyBear
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-china-blog-34612516 November 2006 was the case that started the scams & fear, not decades of cultural indoc
GingeraffeTW
That lady has the survival instincts of a fainting goat. Also, the strength of that current is pretty abysmal if she doesn't move with it.
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AsinusAdLyram
In panic/shock you often grip and grip hard. I fished a kid out of a ditch who had his dog's leash in such a grip I couldn't get it free.
AsinusAdLyram
The dog had pulled out of his collar but was at the edge of the culvert freaking out.
JudgeNotByTheColorOfOnesSkinButByTheContentsOfOnesDumps
This was my first thought. I'm astonished her instincts weren't even to attempt to stand up. Odd
CassandraCat
I learned that a lot of chinese people dont learn how to swim when I was in china, so that's what you're looking at here
UnidentifiedSittingObject
She looks like a crisp packet on a puddle
LukeW0rm
Having grown up in the mid-Atlantic, people’s lack of water instincts surprise me, but I guess it’s possible to not know how to flip
anasteelittlething
Right? Something seems off here. That's such an unnatural pose to be in.
Folio77
Think that must be what it looks like when someone has never been in water before.
AlesiaIsTankingAgain
You're seeing someone on the verge of death and your first thought is "something seems off". Well done detective.
IAmTheBadW01f
Clothes can trap air in strange ways and screw up normal human floating patterns
AlexjoneswatchingTporn
As someone who has nearly drowner fuckk off with that shit in cold water you freeze and your clothes fill woth water forcing you down
NakedGalaxy
I nearly drowned as a kid & I remember flailing & trying to swim to the surface but no matter how hard I tried I wasn't actually moving very
NakedGalaxy
much. I could see the surface I just couldn't reach it. It was like I was being held down. That was just in a pool, too.
Dawnangel69
Let's not forget to think about water temperature. Cold water can freeze muscles very quickly. Doesn't matter how good you can swim.
leteshi
Didn't seem to have any effect on the British diplomat.
AlexjoneswatchingTporn
Who regularly does triathlons and if you live in britain all water is cold
waudey912
He was in it for roughly 40 seconds, she must have been in for a while.
TheDisembodiedFloatingHeadOfEdwardGRobinson
Former lifeguard: She had already been in the water for a while when the clip starts, and is already losing consciousness. Also, (cont)
beardedballs
Awesome comment thread dude, I learned heaps??
TheDisembodiedFloatingHeadOfEdwardGRobinson
IRL drowning doesn't look like it does on TV. People do weird things when they are disoriented and panic. Clothes that trap air and (cont)
TheDisembodiedFloatingHeadOfEdwardGRobinson
float can paradoxically make things worse by keeping the person's face in the water, while drastically bogging down their movements.
TheDisembodiedFloatingHeadOfEdwardGRobinson
She seems to have athletic sneakers on, which are especially buoyant. Face down, feet up, and mostly just kicking air. Scary stuff.
SiIverSoul
And we need a lifeguard to tell us this. Imgurians really dont think for themselves.
monkeymuffins
I suppose a disembodied floating head would know these things...