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1、TheManintheWaterAsdisastersgo,thisonewasterrible,butnotunique,certainlynotamongtheworstoftherosterofU.S.aircrashes.Therewastheunusualelementofthebridge,ofcourse,andthefactthattheplanehititatamomentofhightraffic.Then,too,therewasthelocationoftheevent.Washington,thecityofformandru
2、les,turnedchaoticbyablastofrealwinterandasingleslapofmetalonmetal.ThejetsfromWashingtonNationalAirportthatnormallyflyaroundthepresidentialmonumentslikehungrygullsare,forthemoment,representedbytheonethatfell.Andtherewastheaestheticclashaswell—blue-and-greenAirFlorida,thenameaflyi
3、nggarden,sunkdownamonggraychunksoficeinablackriver.Allthatwasworthnoticing,tobesure.Still,therewasnothingveryspecialinanyofit,exceptdeath,which,whilealwaysspecial,doesnotnecessarilybringmillionstotearsortoattention.Why,then,theshockhere?Perhapsbecausethenationsawinthisdisasterso
4、methingmorethanamechanicalfailure.Perhapsbecausepeoplesawinitnofailureatall,butrathersomethingsuccessfulaboutthemselves.Here,afterall,weretwoformsofnatureincollision:theelementsandhumancharacter.LastWednesday.theelements,indifferentasever,broughtdownFlight90.Andonthatsameafterno
5、on,humannature—gropingandstruggling—rosetotheoccasion.Ofthefouracknowledgedheroesoftheevent,threeareabletoaccountfortheirbehavior.DonaldUsherandEugeneWindsor,aparkpolicehelicopterteam,riskedtheirliveseverytimetheydippedtheskidsintothewatertopickupsurvivors.Ontelevision,sidebysid
6、e,theydescribedtheircourageasallinthelineofduty.LennySkutnik,a28-year-oldemployeeoftheCongressionalBudgetOffice,said:“It’ssomethingIneverthoughtIwoulddo”—referringtohisjumpingintothewatertodraganinjuredwomantoshore.Skutnikaddedthat“somebodyhadtogointhewater,”deliveringeveryhero’
7、slinethatisnolessadmirableforbeingrepeated.Infact,nobodyhadtogointothewater.Thatsomebodyactuallydidsoispartofthereasonthisparticulartragedysticksinthemind.Butthepersonmostresponsiblefortheemotionalimpactofthedisasteristheoneknownatfirstsimplyas“themaninthewater.”Balding,probably
8、inhis50s,ahugemustache.Hewasseenclingingwithfiv
