Four college students recently saved a woman from drowning in Satellite Lake, Yongchuan District, in southwestern China’s Chongqing Municipality. They later donated the reward offered them as a result of the gesture, thereby moving many people by their gallantry and philanthropy, Chongqing Morning Post reported on August 7.

The students did not hesitate to jump into the lake to save the drowning woman when they heard her faint cries for help from the nearby river as they were exercising on the field. With knowledge of First Aid, they gave the rescued middle-aged woman cardio-pulmonary resuscitation before the ambulance arrived.

In appreciation, the woman’s daughter made cash gifts to the Good Samaritans, but they politely turned them down. In addition, the reward of 20,000 RMB ($2,973) offered by the Chongqing Youth Development Foundation for their gallantry was donated by the boys to poor students of a local school.