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1、奥巴马悼念死难矿工的讲话！我们国家怎能容忍为工作付出生命？奥巴马在悼念仪式上神色严峻，他的右边是每位遇难矿工的头盔。美国总统奥巴马等人在遇难矿工哀悼仪式现场 新华网华盛顿4月10日电美国警方10日证实，搜救队当天凌晨在西弗吉尼亚州煤矿爆炸现场又发现4具遇难者遗体，至此这场矿难死亡人数上升至29人。 西弗吉尼亚州首府查尔斯顿附近一处煤矿5日下午发生爆炸。初步搜救结果显示矿难共造成至少25人死亡，另有4人失踪。此后，救援人员为寻找4名仍然生死未卜的矿工多次下井，但每次都因安全原因撤回。 搜救队9日再次下井搜寻幸存者，至10日凌晨，
2、4名失踪者遗体均被发现。警方说10日早晨将开始把仍在煤矿中的22具遗体运出，以便确认遇难者身份。另外7具遗体已在矿难发生不久后被运出。 最新死亡人数使这场矿难成为自1970年以来发生在美国境内伤亡情况最严重的矿难。We’reheretomemorialize29Americans: CarlAcord. JasonAtkins. ChristopherBell. GregoryStevenBrock. KennethAllanChapman. RobertClark. CharlesTimothyDavis. CoryDavis.
3、MichaelLeeElswick. WilliamI.Griffith. StevenHarrah. EdwardDeanJones. RichardK.Lane. WilliamRooseveltLynch. NicholasDarrellMcCroskey. JoeMarcum. RonaldLeeMaynor. JamesE.Mooney. AdamKeithMorgan. RexL.Mullins. JoshuaS.Napper. HowardD.Payne. DillardEarlPersinger. JoelR.Pr
4、ice. DewardScott. GaryQuarles. GroverDaleSkeens. BennyWillingham. AndRickyWorkman. NothingI,ortheVicePresident,ortheGovernor,noneofthespeakersheretoday,nothingwesaycanfilltheholetheyleaveinyourhearts,ortheabsencethattheyleaveinyourlives. Ifanycomfortcanbefound,itcan
5、,perhaps,befoundbyseekingthefaceofGod--(applause)--whoquietsourtroubledminds,aGodwhomendsourbrokenhearts,aGodwhoeasesourmourningsouls. Evenaswemourn29liveslost,wealsoremember29liveslived. Upat4:30a.m.,5:00inthemorningatthelatest,theybegantheirday,astheyworked,indarkne
6、ss. Incoverallsandhard-toeboots,ahardhatovertheirheads,theywouldsitquietlyfortheirhour-longjourney,fivemilesintoamountain,theonlylightthelampontheircaps,ortheglowfromthemantriptheyrodein. Dayafterday,theywouldburrowintothecoal,thefruitsoftheirlabor,whatsooftenwetake
7、forgranted: theelectricitythatlightsupaconventioncenter;thatlightsupourchurchorourhome,ourschool,ouroffice;theenergythatpowersourcountry;theenergythatpowerstheworld. (Applause.) Andmostdaysthey’demergefromthedarkmine,squintingatthelight. Mostdays,they’demerge,sweat
8、yanddirtyanddustedfromcoal. Mostdays,they’dcomehome. Butnotthatday. Thesemen-–thesehusbands,fathers,grandf
