"香港英雄"阿福事迹感动神州

爱思英语编者按：地震中救人遇难港人、义工黄福荣，崇高的舍身精神感动香港与内地。“阿福，也请你相信我们，我们会替你教育好那些你永远牵挂着的孩子，那些你用生命去拯救的生命……我们会陪伴着你，愿你一路走好……”内地悼念活动网站如是说。

14日，青海玉树地震发生后，当地一间“慈行喜善会孤儿院”在强震中倒塌，8日刚到玉树的香港义工在地震发生时，带着孩子逃到室外，当时他没有受伤，但由于屋内仍有3名学生和3名教师被困，他跑回去继续救援。10时许，全部孩子和1名教师被救出，但黄福荣被倒塌的建筑物压住，后被证实遇难。

香港义工黄福荣在青海玉树地震中为救援受困者而不幸罹难。香港政务司长唐英年对黄福荣遇难感到心情沉重，亦向黄福荣致以最崇高敬佩，赞扬他“这样舍身救人充分表现了香港人的精神”。

Volunteerism may be one of the most significant achievements of the country, arising from its two deadliest earthquakes in less than two years.

The April 14 earthquake in Yushu of Qing Hai province has proven to be as merciless as the one that hit Wenchuan in Sichuan province almost two years ago. But Hong Kong volunteer Huang Furong's death sends a message: That the altruism displayed by many people in Yushu county's ongoing rescue and relief work provides the ray of hope that gives us the courage to take on natural disasters and contribute to the building of an even brighter future.
 
Huang could have survived the Yushu quake had he not returned to rescue three students and a teacher trapped inside a collapsed building. He rushed into the building twice to save others, until he himself was trapped inside. 更多信息请访问：http://www.engbus.cn/

Huang reportedly once said it would be "happiness from heaven" if he died as a volunteer.

As a truck driver from Hong Kong, he was already volunteering at a school in Yushu when the earthquake struck. In 2002, he traveled by foot from Hong Kong to Beijing in seven months to collect funds for a Chinese bone marrow bank. He also transported relief material to help victims of the May 12, 2008 Wenchuan tremor.

Like what fuels many volunteers, Huang believed that the real meaning of life lies in the amount of service one can provide for others.

The number of volunteers and voluntary organizations has been on the rise since the Wenchuan earthquake. The quake helped more realize that people still need help from each other, to make the world a better place to live.

Volunteerism may be one of the most significant achievements of the country, arising from its two deadliest earthquakes in less than two years. Hopefully, such volunteerism may extend to more fields beyond that of rescue and relief work for natural disasters. We need better mechanisms to encourage and support voluntary activities.