Everyday heroes arrive in a snap to keep holidays rolling

At 3 am on Sunday, Luo Shamo, a road manager at Hunan Expressway Group's Yueyang subsidiary had been working at the Hangrui Dongting Lake Bridge in Yueyang, Hunan province, for more than nine hours.

With temperatures dropping to — 2 C, his face had turned red, there was frost in his hair and eyelashes and his shoes were soaked.

As the bridge spans Dongting Lake, China's second largest freshwater lake, it is common for the roads to become icy in winter. Luo and his colleagues had been under immense pressure to manage the traffic following the recent heavy snow and freezing rain.