上週四(Oct. 27)Richmond發生的小飛機摔毀悲劇，有一些人性的真實面，讓人動容。
報紙的opinion兩篇，全文照抄轉載如下，以便保留歷史記錄。
EDITORIAL: When tragedy strikes, heroes walk among us
By Editorial - Richmond Review
Published: November 02, 2011 11:00 AM
Thursday’s tragic airplane crash claimed the life of North Vancouver pilot Luc Fortin, but the outcome would no doubt have been even worse if not for the bravery displayed that clear afternoon.
Passersby were stunned to see the twin-engine plane suddenly crash onto the roadway, but instead of being paralyzed with fear by the flames and smoke, a handful jumped into action.
If not for the selfless acts of these heroes, the injuries of those on board the Beechcraft King Air 100 would have been much worse, if not fatal.
While we’d all like to think we could do the same, that’s simply not true.
Not everyone can be a firefighter, police officer, paramedic, doctor or nurse.
You have to be cut from a special cloth, and armed with the right personality, aptitude and self confidence in order to ignore obvious personal hazards while coming to the side of someone in distress.
Rescuing a complete stranger is somewhat different from risking personal injury to save a loved one.
Stories about mothers and fathers rescuing their children with feats of superhuman strength are not unheard of.
All a stranger has to draw on is a connection at a much more basic level; and that’s humanity.
Nobody truly knows how they’ll respond to a horror of the type witnessed by many late Thursday afternoon.
But after the world was shocked by the security camera footage of a two-year-old girl being run-over twice by a truck twice in China, and more than a dozen people walking by without offering to help as she laid dying on the streetside, what happened Thursday is a much-need restoration of faith in humanity.
Thankfully, there are heroes who walk among us everyday, and whose identities will only be revealed—perhaps for the first time to them as well—when tragedy strikes.
Find this article at:
http://www.richmondreview.com/opinion/133095258.html
Help in unusual places
POSTMEDIA NEWSNOVEMBER 1, 2011
The Editor,
The reason I'm writing is to tell you that the plane crash happened right in front of my car on my way home from work.
I saw the terrifying image of a small plane flying right above Russ Baker Way, clearly about to crash.
And I was right in the path of it, about to drive right into the black smoke and flames.
I managed to veer right and make it over to the shoulder of the road and call 911, all the while crying, shaking and hyperventilating.
My car stank of gas fumes from the crash. I somehow drove to the Delta Airport Hotel, parked and went inside to calm down.
What I want to do through this letter is to thank the many incredibly caring people who helped me when I got to the hotel.
I was in shock and deeply upset, still crying, hyperventilating and shaking. The staff of the hotel - in particular Dan, Jose and the front desk clerk - were so kind to me.
They brought me water and Kleenex and stayed close by. Another man named John, who is one of the flight crew for KLM, stayed with me for about an hour and a half, held my hand, and helped me try and calm down, while I waited for my husband and brother-in-law to come and get me.
He was so exceptionally kind and caring, I couldn't possibly know how to thank him and the others enough.
Dan, who works at the hotel, must have been concerned about me because he called the fire department, ambulance and RCMP to come and talk to me.
The firemen asked me some questions about what I saw and talked to me for awhile. More crying.
Then the ambulance guys, who were so empathetic and caring, took my vital signs and tried to calm me down, since I was still in shock. More uncontrollable crying.
Then the RCMP officer took my witness statement. When everyone was gone, Dan came by and quietly handed me a room key and told me that the hotel was giving me a room for the night, on them.
More tears, both because I was so touched by their kindness, and because I was, and still am, processing this horrific accident, which happened five feet from my car.
I will never know how to thank these people adequately, so all I can say is God bless you all. And God bless those who ran to the crash site and got the passengers and crew out, never thinking of the danger to themselves.
The world is full of good people and I'm blessed to have been helped by them.
Shelley Civkin
Richmond
© Copyright (c) Richmond News
Find this article at:
http://www.richmond-news.com/opinion/editorials/Help+unusual+places/5641400/story.html
其它連結:
Local heroes saved lives in air tragedy
Survivor thanks 'heroes' in B.C. plane crash
報紙的opinion兩篇，全文照抄轉載如下，以便保留歷史記錄。
EDITORIAL: When tragedy strikes, heroes walk among us
By Editorial - Richmond Review
Published: November 02, 2011 11:00 AM
Thursday’s tragic airplane crash claimed the life of North Vancouver pilot Luc Fortin, but the outcome would no doubt have been even worse if not for the bravery displayed that clear afternoon.
Passersby were stunned to see the twin-engine plane suddenly crash onto the roadway, but instead of being paralyzed with fear by the flames and smoke, a handful jumped into action.
If not for the selfless acts of these heroes, the injuries of those on board the Beechcraft King Air 100 would have been much worse, if not fatal.
While we’d all like to think we could do the same, that’s simply not true.
Not everyone can be a firefighter, police officer, paramedic, doctor or nurse.
You have to be cut from a special cloth, and armed with the right personality, aptitude and self confidence in order to ignore obvious personal hazards while coming to the side of someone in distress.
Rescuing a complete stranger is somewhat different from risking personal injury to save a loved one.
Stories about mothers and fathers rescuing their children with feats of superhuman strength are not unheard of.
All a stranger has to draw on is a connection at a much more basic level; and that’s humanity.
Nobody truly knows how they’ll respond to a horror of the type witnessed by many late Thursday afternoon.
But after the world was shocked by the security camera footage of a two-year-old girl being run-over twice by a truck twice in China, and more than a dozen people walking by without offering to help as she laid dying on the streetside, what happened Thursday is a much-need restoration of faith in humanity.
Thankfully, there are heroes who walk among us everyday, and whose identities will only be revealed—perhaps for the first time to them as well—when tragedy strikes.
Find this article at:
http://www.richmondreview.com/opinion/133095258.html
Help in unusual places
POSTMEDIA NEWSNOVEMBER 1, 2011
The Editor,
The reason I'm writing is to tell you that the plane crash happened right in front of my car on my way home from work.
I saw the terrifying image of a small plane flying right above Russ Baker Way, clearly about to crash.
And I was right in the path of it, about to drive right into the black smoke and flames.
I managed to veer right and make it over to the shoulder of the road and call 911, all the while crying, shaking and hyperventilating.
My car stank of gas fumes from the crash. I somehow drove to the Delta Airport Hotel, parked and went inside to calm down.
What I want to do through this letter is to thank the many incredibly caring people who helped me when I got to the hotel.
I was in shock and deeply upset, still crying, hyperventilating and shaking. The staff of the hotel - in particular Dan, Jose and the front desk clerk - were so kind to me.
They brought me water and Kleenex and stayed close by. Another man named John, who is one of the flight crew for KLM, stayed with me for about an hour and a half, held my hand, and helped me try and calm down, while I waited for my husband and brother-in-law to come and get me.
He was so exceptionally kind and caring, I couldn't possibly know how to thank him and the others enough.
Dan, who works at the hotel, must have been concerned about me because he called the fire department, ambulance and RCMP to come and talk to me.
The firemen asked me some questions about what I saw and talked to me for awhile. More crying.
Then the ambulance guys, who were so empathetic and caring, took my vital signs and tried to calm me down, since I was still in shock. More uncontrollable crying.
Then the RCMP officer took my witness statement. When everyone was gone, Dan came by and quietly handed me a room key and told me that the hotel was giving me a room for the night, on them.
More tears, both because I was so touched by their kindness, and because I was, and still am, processing this horrific accident, which happened five feet from my car.
I will never know how to thank these people adequately, so all I can say is God bless you all. And God bless those who ran to the crash site and got the passengers and crew out, never thinking of the danger to themselves.
The world is full of good people and I'm blessed to have been helped by them.
Shelley Civkin
Richmond
© Copyright (c) Richmond News
Find this article at:
http://www.richmond-news.com/opinion/editorials/Help+unusual+places/5641400/story.html
其它連結:
Local heroes saved lives in air tragedy
Survivor thanks 'heroes' in B.C. plane crash
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