1998年特大洪水期间,他带领中央电视台记者进入洪雅林区暗访,被山上放下来的滚木砸伤了腰。林区狂砍天然林事件被曝光后,他在家里接到两次来自洪雅的匿名电话,称已派三名杀手到重庆要取他的人头。吴登明回答,我情愿用我的人头,换洪雅百万亩天然林! During the 1998 extraordinary flood, he led a CCTV reporter into an unannounced interview in Hongyarong district and was hit by a rolling wood down the hill. After the forest area scandalous natural forest incident was exposed, he received two anonymous phone calls from Hongya at home, claiming he had sent three killers to Chongqing to take his lead. Wu Dengming replied, I would rather use my head, for Hongya million mu of natural forest!