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1、Asdisastersgo,thisonewasterrible,butnotunique,certainlynotamongtheworstU.S・aircrashesonrecord•Therewastheunusualelementofthebridge,ofcourse,andthefactthattheplaneclippeditatamomentofhightraffic,oneroutinethusintersectinganotheranddisruptingboth・Then,too,ther
2、ewasthelocationoftheevent・Washington,thecityofformandregulations,turnedchaotic,deregulated,byablastofrealwinterandasingleslapofmetalonmetal.ThejetsfromWashingtonNationalAirportthatnormallyswooparoundthepresidentialmonumentslikefamishedgullsare,forthemoment,e
3、mblemizedbytheonethatfell;sothereisthatdetail・Andtherewastheaestheticclashaswell—blue-and-greenAirFlorida,thenameaflyinggarden,sunkdownamonggraychunksinablackriver.Allthatwasworthnoticing,tobesure.Still,therewasnothingveryspecialinanyofit,exceptdeath,which,w
4、hilealwaysspecial,doesnotnecessarilybringmillionstotearsortoattention.Why,then,theshockhere?就这次灾难而言,这次灾难和其他灾难一样很严重,但并不特殊,当然也绝对不在美国有记载的伤亡人数最多的空难之列。这次灾难的不同之处在于:一是飞机是在交通高峰时段撞上了桥梁。另外就是事件发生的地点,在华盛顿。这个井然有序的漂亮城市,由于这突如其来的冬天的寒风以及这金属与金属的撞击声,突然变得混乱起来。从华盛顿国家机场起飞的飞机一般都像饥
5、饿的海鸥一样绕着华盛顿纪念馆飞行。而现在,尤以这架坠落的飞机为代表,却发生了美感的撞击棗号称“空屮花园”的蓝绿色的佛罗里达航空公司的飞机,坠入黑色河水的厚厚灰冰屮。固然,这些都值得关注。因为只有死亡才会让成千上万的人落泪。那么,为什么这次空难如此令人震惊呢?Perhapsbecausethenationsawinthisdisastersomethingmorethanamechanicalfailure.Perhapsbecausepeoplesawinitnofailureatall,butratherso
6、methingsuccessfulabouttheirmakeup・Here,afterall,weretwoformsofnatureincollision:theelementsandhumancharacter.LastWednesday,theelements,indifferentasever,broughtdownFlight90.Andonthatsameafternoon,humannature—gropingandflailinginmysteriesofitsown—rosetotheocc
7、asion应对得当.也许是因为人们不仅仅把这次灾难看成是一次机械故障。也许因为在这次空难屮人们看到的不是失败,而是人类的成功。毕竟,这次相撞存在着两种因素:天气和人性。上周三,因素之一是这冷漠糟糕的天气将90号航班硬生生地从天空中拽到了水中。而还是在同一个下午,另外一个因素人性棗摸索着,挣扎着棗终于冒着风险战胜了天气。Ofthefouracknowledgedheroesoftheevent,threeareabletoaccountfortheirbehavior.DonaldUsherandEugeneWi
8、ndsor,aparkpolicehelicopterteam,riskedtheirliveseverytimetheydippedtheskidsintothewatertopickupsurvivors.Ontelevision,sidebvsideinbrightbluejumpsuits,theydescribedtheircourageasallinthelineofdut