Chapter 495

After Melina spoke, the firefighters paused for a moment. If the person was blind, someone would need to get close to the girl to carry out the rescue. But with the rushing waters and the dangerous environment, how could they even attempt it? At that moment, Melina spoke again, her tone serious. "I volunteer to rescue her. I'm an excellent swimmer. "When I was 12, there was severe flooding in my hometown. I fell into a river on my way to school, but I swam ashore several hundred yards downstream and still made it to class on time. I'm not joking about this—I can do it." Melina had already volunteered to help earlier but was turned down. With trained firefighters on-site, it wasn't her place to take such risks. Besides, the people around Melina were vehemently opposed to the idea. Hearing her mention wanting to go again was enough to make them nearly explode on the spot. No one dared to agree to let her take such a risk. Two firefighters tied ropes around themselves, donned life