'Cable girl' who crossed river using pulley to get to school returns to remote village to serve after medical school graduation.A girl from China who once grabbed national headlines by crossing a formidable river using a cable pulley to get to school every day is returning to her hometown to repay her community after graduating from medical school.
The young woman became famous in 2007, then aged eight, after being caught on camera by a journalist crossing the Nujiang River near her poverty-stricken home village by sliding on a steel cable attached across cliffs to get to and from school. Yu also got to take trips to Beijing and Kunming, the province's capital city, using donations made by charitable people.
"I just made a decision many people would make, because all along the way I got help from so many people," she said."I hope that together with all medical workers in Nujiang, I can contribute to the development of healthcare services in my hometown," she said.