Wu Bin, a bus driver from the city of Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province, has deeply moved the public for his heroic act of self-sacrifice. The man laid down his life to save his 24 passengers from imminent danger.

Wu was driving his bus from Wuxi to Hangzhou on the Shanghai-Yichang Highway around noon on May 29, 2012, when he was suddenly struck by a large chunk of iron that came flying through the windscreen. Although the sheet of metal severely injured Wu, a 76-second surveillance video clearly shows his final actions. He held the wheel tight, put on the parking brake, safely brought the bus to a halt, pulled up the handbrake, turned on the fault-warning lights, and advised his passengers to remain seated. He managed to calmly do all this before collapsing from his injuries. With his last strength he asked passengers to call emergency services.

Wu was sent to a local military hospital. According to his doctors, Wu's liver had almost been smashed to pieces. He ultimately died from his injuries.

Born in Hangzhou on March 8, 1965, Wu worked at the No. 2 Passenger Transport Company of Hangzhou. Before the tragic accident, he'd had a spotless driving record of more than 1 million kilometers, according to his colleague Chen Yibo.

Wu got married to Wang Lizhen 18 years ago, with whom he has a 16-year-old daughter. His parents are over 70 years old.

Wu's heroic actions have deeply moved the public. His body was sent to a local funeral home under a police escort for cremation. Thousands of people showed up to pay their last respects.

During an executive meeting of the provincial government on June 4, 2012, Governor Xia Baolong announced that the government had conferred the honorary titles of "model worker" and "martyr" upon Wu in order to commemorate his acts of selflessness.

Meanwhile, police are still investigating the cause of the accident.

(China.org.cn June 9, 2012)

吳斌是浙江省杭州市的一名公交車司機，他在危急關頭舍已救人的英勇行為深深地感動了公眾。

5月29日中午，吳斌駕駛長途車行駛在滬宜公路無錫至杭州路段。突然一塊金屬板穿透擋風玻璃砸向吳斌。一個76秒的監控錄像顯示，吳斌雖然嚴重受傷，但仍然做了一連串動作：立刻握緊方向盤，注視前方，緊踩腳剎，緩行停車，拉起手剎，開啟雙跳燈并打開車門，然后起身告誡乘客高速路上要注意安全，隨后倒在座位上，他讓乘客幫助撥打報警電話110和120。

吳斌被送往當地一家部隊醫院。據醫生介紹，吳斌的肝臟幾乎被擊碎，最終于6月1日不幸去世。

吳斌1965年3月8日出生于杭州，是杭州長運客運二公司的快客司機，據安全科長陳一波說，吳斌駕駛客車已經安全行駛100多萬公里，從來沒有發生過一起交通事故和旅客投訴。

吳斌與汪麗珍結婚18年，他們的女兒今年16歲，正在讀高中，他的父母已是古稀之年。

吳斌的英雄事跡深深感動了社會各界。吳斌的遺體在警車的護送下被送往當地一家殯儀館火化，成千上萬的市民前往殯儀館為他送行。

省長夏寶龍6月4 日主持召開省政府第94次常務會議，批準省總工會關于建議追授吳斌同志為省勞動模范榮譽稱號、評定其為烈士的請示，以表彰他無私的舍已救人行為。

同時，警方正在對事故原因進行調查。