I worked at a local station of the Berlin fire department．We got an alert（警报）around 8:25 pm that Friday and rushed to the fire engine, where the printout from the dispatcher（调度员）said there was a nine-year-old boy locked in a safe．
I asked myself: if it were a safe, would it be airtight? I was aware that it might already be too late by the time we arrived．I had to plan for a bad outcome．On the other hand, if we were in time, how long would it take us to open the safe? I knew it would be an incredibly difficult task．It's what safes are designed for—not to be opened．
It took less than five minutes to reach the property．When I saw a woman crying on the street, I knew the situation was serious．She was the boy's mother and she led us into the basement．She told us the boy was alive and we started talking to him; he was very calm．We asked how it had happened: during a game of hide and seek with his five-year-old brother, he had thought the safe would be a good place to hide．
The boy's parents had got the house from his mother's father．The unlocked safe had been there when they moved in and was in an area they didn't use much．The boy's little brother had shut the safe, then, when he couldn't open it again．The only person who knew the combination was the boy's late grandfather．
From the outset, the biggest priority was getting oxygen to the boy．We got oxygen from the hospital．The boy said that he could feel a thin stream of air．I asked his parents if anyone had opened the safe before and they said no．So we had to guess a six-digit code（密码）．We started typing them in—but we had to wait 10 minutes between each attempt before we could try again． So quickly we tried them all．No luck．
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We were fully prepared at this point to open the safe by force, starting with a drill． …… Then, just as we started to make the first cut, my workmate typed in the correct code． |
