Chao News Client Reporter Xie Chunhui Correspondent Li Xuesong
(Interactive video sent by Cai Lei to the Second Prison of Zhejiang Province. Provided by the Second Prison of Zhejiang Province)
"Hello everyone! I am Cai Lei, a prisoner with ALS I am a disease fighter. After I was diagnosed with ALS in September 2019, I often thought about the question, what else can I do? When I was hospitalized in the hospital, I saw so many patients who were like me, facing despair and death. , I repeatedly thought about whether our life is really like this? "
On April 15, when this video of Cai Lei's speech was played in the square of Zhejiang Province No. 2 Prison, a group of people inside the high wall were Impressed "I didn't expect that Cai Lei would really respond to me and encourage us through videos." Achen (pseudonym) said.
event site. Picture source: Zhejiang Province No. 2 Prison
For most people in Zhejiang Province No. 2 Prison, their understanding of Cai Lei began with his book "Believe". "Reading and cultivating the mind is an activity that we have been carrying out for seven years. By leading everyone to read books, we help them learn to find the value and meaning of life in reading." said a prison policeman from the No. 2 Prison in Zhejiang Province.
At the launching ceremony of the "Gratitude, Courtesy and Healthy Transformation" reading season held that day, everyone deeply felt the significance of reading.
Reading Cai Lei's "Believe" is an "assignment" assigned to everyone by Zhejiang No. 2 Prison during the reading season. "Through reading and learning, they can understand the values that this book needs to convey." Prison police said , everyone has a copy of "Believe". In "Believe",
records how Cai Lei, a patient with ALS, actively fights against ALS and writes his life in the midst of the disease. "He endured the pain and worked in many ways to fight against ALS." Achen (pseudonym) said that after reading Cai Lei's book, he understood that Cai Lei's efforts in the field of ALS were not only for himself, but also for himself. It’s for all ALS patients. "I was shocked and moved by his experience." He said that he wanted to work hard to change himself and get rid of the fog in his life.
In Cai Lei's interactive video, Cai Lei said that as long as he is alive, he will work hard on ALS research, "until the last bullet is fired." Chao News reporters who participated in the event saw many people Silently wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes.
The book "Believe" was listed as a must-read book by Zhejiang Province No. 2 Prison from April to June. "Every day our police officers will read with them and share their insights and experiences with them." The person in charge of Zhejiang No. 2 Prison said that the power of reading touches people's hearts. At the
event, the No. 2 Prison in Zhejiang Province hired the famous writer Huang Yazhou and the dean of the Zhejiang Academy of Literature Cheng Shiqing as special consultants for the prison's reading and spiritual training tutor group, hired 8 writers and scholars as prison reading and spiritual tutors, and hired 23 prison police officers as prison reading and spiritual tutors. Reading promoters, they will all be guides on everyone’s reading journey, telling every soul in trouble through good books that the world is still broad and life is still full of possibilities.
Wang Zhenwei, warden of the No. 2 Prison in Zhejiang Province, said, "Through the full help of the public and the full cooperation with government departments, reading has become a good habit and the prison work has been comprehensively improved to 'cultivate citizens who are beneficial to society'.
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