Slovakian Michal (2nd from right) thanked him by sending the national flag to the Kansai Fire Brigade after recovering from his injury.

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[Reporter Huang Meizhu/Hsinchu Report] Michal, a 33-year-old Slovakian man, accidentally fell 20 meters to pick up a camera while climbing the famous Shiniu Mountain in Guanxi Township, Hsinchu County with his Argentinian friends on the second day of the Lunar New Year, January 23. Fortunately, the Kansai fire brigade of the county government fire department mobilized up the mountain to rescue people. It took at least 6 hours to rescue him and sent him to the hospital. He was so lucky to repay his kindness. After he fully recovered from his injuries, he was rescued by Taiwan yesterday. Accompanied by his wife, he specially brought the Slovakian flag and drinks with the words of thanks written by him to the Kansai team to express his thanks.

On this Slovak flag, Michal first wrote "I am here, because YOU were there!" in English, and then wrote "Thank you" in Slovak and Chinese.

The wonderful thing is that there is a totem similar to the word "cow" on this national flag, which amazes those who are new to the Slovakian flag.

Although it lasted less than 10 minutes, the "heating" brought by him and his wife has been around to this day.

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The ambulance personnel recalled that although he fell about 20 meters deep into the cliff at the time of the incident, fortunately he was stuck by a branch, causing multiple lacerations on his body and a dislocation of his left shoulder, and he was conscious.

At that time, Michal admitted that he and his Argentinian friend had little climbing experience. The two met to climb Shiniu Mountain on the morning of the second day of the Lunar New Year. They arrived at the triangle point at about noon, and then used the aerial camera to capture the beautiful scenery on the top of the mountain. However, because the aerial camera got stuck on the branch of the cliff, Michal almost He took the risk of picking it up by sticking to the cliff, so that he fell directly. Fortunately, the whole person was stuck by the branch like an aerial camera. His Argentinian friend hurriedly called 119 for help.

At that time, the ambulance personnel used the rope to rappel down to the place where Michal was trapped, confirmed that he was conscious and injured, and then used the equipment they brought to establish a labor-saving dragging system to rescue him by rappelling and dragging. The whole rescue process took about 6+ hours.

The Slovakian man wrote his thanks in three languages ​​on the national flag.

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The national flag of Slovakia, which is rare in China, has a totem similar to the word "cow".

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