Rescuers held an elderly man tightly to prevent him from being swept away by raging floods in eastern China.<br /><br />The video, filmed in the city of Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province on July 7, shows several villagers risking their own lives to hold a 75-year-old man after he fell into the rapid floodwater.<br /><br />They then attached a rope to the old man and finally brought him back to safety.<br /><br />According to reports, the elderly man named Yu was a sanitation worker in the village. <br /><br />The road collapsed due to the flash floods, causing Yu to slip on the rubble and fall into the floodwater.<br /><br />Yu is receiving treatment in hospital and was not injured seriously.<br /><br />The video was provided by local media with permission.
