Chinese grandma, 71, who recently learned how to swim leaps into river to save drowning man

A 71-year-old grandmother who recently taught herself how to swim jumped into a river in China to save a man drowning — and then brushed off her daring rescue as “not a big deal,” according to reports. Video captured a man climbing onto the bridge’s railing before plunging into the river in an attempt to drown himself, the outlet reported. 3 Liu Defang, 71, jumped into a river in China to save a man trying to drown himself. Though the man kept trying to break free, the retiree managed to drag him to shore, the outlet reported. “In those circumstances, anyone would have offered help to save the man,” she added.