Unmanned ariel vehicles, more commonly known as drones, often get a bad press, mainly for buzzing airports and grounding commercial airliners. All too easily forgotten is the key role they can play in saving lives, as per the incident which played out recently in Jiangsu.
It was on 1 July that a man became trapped on the beach in the popular northern Jiangsu seaside destination that is Lianyungang.
7月1日，一名男子被困在苏北热门海滨目的地连云港的海滩上。
The city’s primary draw that is its expansive beaches also means the tide comes in fast. And in doing so, the waters deposit a large amount of silt. With the sea level rising around him, one unfortunate man became stuck in the sand.
这座城市的主要吸引力是其广阔的海滩，这也意味着潮水来得很快。在此过程中，水域沉积了大量的淤泥。随着周围海平面上升，一名不幸的男子被困在沙子里。
Such conditions were also going to make any rescue attempt difficult.
这种情况也将使任何救援尝试变得困难。
First responders therefore wisely resorted to using a drone to pinpoint the man’s position, reports The Paper. Switching the drone’s camera to its thermal imaging mode, rescuers were able to locate the man’s body-heat signature within just 1 minute of flying out to sea.
据澎湃新闻报道，急救人员因此明智地使用无人机来确定该男子的位置。将无人机的摄像头切换到热成像模式，救援人员在飞出海上后短短 1 分钟内就找到了该男子的体温特征。
That camera could also measure the man’s body temperature, bringing on concerns that despite the hot weather, he was becoming chilled by the rising waters.
该摄像头还可以测量该男子的体温，这引发了人们的担忧，即尽管天气炎热，但上涨的水位使他变得寒冷。
Bringing in an inflatable dinghy assault boat for the purpose, authorities assigned several firefighters to drive the boat out to the man, assisted all the while by the drone’s continuous feed of GPS information.
为此，当局调来了一艘充气冲锋艇，并指派了几名消防员将船开到该男子身边，同时无人机不断提供 GPS 信息。
Within a few minutes, they had managed to extract the man from the silt, and with his vital signs all stable, the drone had helped affect a perfect rescue.
几分钟之内，他们成功地将男子从淤泥中救了出来，在他的生命体征稳定的情况下，无人机帮助实现了一次完美的救援。
Lianyungang is located in Jiangsu’s far northeast. There, its private beaches offer an attractive alternative to those crowded, sandy draws in Qingdao. Read all about them, together with the fascinating history of this city, in “Jiangsu Escapes”, this Sunday, 17 July, only in The Nanjinger.
连云港位于江苏最东北部。那里的私人海滩为青岛那些拥挤的沙滩提供了一个有吸引力的选择。请阅读 7 月 17 日星期日《南京人》的“江苏逃亡”，了解有关他们的全部内容，以及这座城市的迷人历史。
