Firefighter shares heartbreaking texts after attending explosion: ‘My dad is your dad’

A firefighter who attended a horrific explosion scene shared his heartbreak through a series of emotive texts to a friend.

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by Ellie Hooper |
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The fireman, who attended the explosion in China that claimed 50 lives this week, reached out to a friend after he tragically lost a close pal in the disaster.

Here is their exchange:

1.48 a.m

Friend: Here, Here What happened?

1:52 a.m.

Fireman: My phone can’t get any calls out Gangzi just passed away. He died, He died

** 1:53 a.m.**

Friend: Are kidding me? Where are you?

Fireman: I’m in the car to Tanku… Tangu

Friend: Please call me right now

Fireman: I’m wearing all my gear, I’m the only person with a phone

Friend: Then please call immediately me tomorrow when you get home

Fireman: If I don’t come back, My father is your father. Remember to visit my mother’s grave

Friend: OK, your dad is my dad. Please take care

The exchange has been going viral since the screenshot was posted on Weibo, with many moved by the Fireman’s desperation that his parents be looked after.

Exposions in Tianjin’s Binhai New Area, an industrial zone with plenty of car and aircraft factors, killed 50 people while injuring 700.

The blasts were so powerful that a building over a mile away had its windows blown out by the force.

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