2021-02-02 04:35:28 GMT2021-02-02 12:35:28(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
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by Xinhua writers Lu Yifan, Zhang Xiaolong and Hu Huhu
URUMQI, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) Alimujan Dawut let out a sigh of relief when he parked his rescue truck in front of the garage of a rescue base at 6 p.m. on Jan. 23 after battling through one-meter-high snowdrifts.
He then immediately walked to his dormitory, sat on his bed still wearing his snow-soaked reflective orange suit and called his mother to let her know everything was ok.
A road patroller and rescuer at the Maytas rescue base, the 48-year-old man had been wide awake for 24 hours, grappling with gusts and snow that pounded Maytas to rescue snowbound travelers.