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发表于 2003-7-22 02:23
美国肝联(411)发表于 2001-11-13.07:21:27
[B]What the Blue Angels did on a mercy mission
(蓝色天使飞行大队的仁慈之旅做了什么) [/B]
On November 1, 1986 a corporate jet owned by Coca-Cola arrived at Elizabeth City North Carolina carrying the CEO and Acting-President of the Woodruff Foundation and several members of the board of directors. Shortly after they had left the airport for a meeting in town a series of events began to unfold which drove one man to create what we know today as Corporate Angel Network or "Angel Flight".
(1986年11月1日, 一架载有Woodruff基金会总裁执行官和数名公司行政人员公司,可口可乐公司拥有的私人飞机降落在北卡州的伊丽莎白市机场. 正当他们离开机场进城参加一项会议后不久, 一连串发生的事情促使他们其中的一位创办了后来遍为人知, 有"天使飞行"之称的"天使联线公司.")
A Coast Guard Falcon 20 was beginning its takeoff roll at Elisabeth City when it blew both front tires causing the jet to veer off the runway and run into a fence line. The jet was headed to Memphis TN to pickup a little girl by the name of Crystal Grant and carry her to Good Samaritans Children's Hospital in Houston TX to undergo a liver transplant. The pilots of the Coca-Cola plane watched the events and slowly began to hear the stories about the jet's mercy mission. After a few hours the CEO and his passengers returned to the airport and witnessed the scene and asked the pilots what was going on. Once the CEO had learned of the situation, he asked to be taken to the Coast Guard Station so he could speak with the Station Commander, once there he asked him if their was anything he could offer or do. The Commander said in a frustrated voice, "Yea, can you make miracles happen. We need a jet and we need one fast." The CEO just smiled and said you've got one and pointed to his company jet.
(一家美国海岸护卫队的飞鹰20飞机在伊丽莎白机场起飞时两前轮爆掉飞机滑出跑道栽倒篱笆墙中. 这架飞机正要赶到田那西州曼费斯市把一位名叫水晶的小女孩送到德州休士顿进行紧急肝脏移植手术. 可口可乐公司飞机的飞行员目睹了飞机出事并知道飞机是赶飞一次仁慈之旅. 刚好这时Woodruff的总裁和其他人开完短会返回机场. 他看到情景, 了解情况后马上要求能否和海岸防卫对指挥官通话. 他问指挥官他能帮忙做点什么. 指挥官非常沮丧地说, "帮忙, 你能创造奇迹吗? 我们需要一架飞机. 要快!" 总裁指着自己公司的飞机, 笑着对他说, "这不就是一架么?")
Within two hours the Coca-Cola jet was on it's way to Memphis and the situation seemed under control. But unbeknownst to them a similar scene was playing out in San Diego where the donor organ was being prepared for transport to Houston. The aircraft lined up to take it to Houston had lost its ability to pressurize its cabin and a similar scramble was under way to find a replacement.
(不到两小时, 飞机已经在飞往曼费斯的路上了. 一切似乎正常. 可巧的是, 在加州圣地亚哥机场发生同样的事情. 要把被捐献出来的肝脏运往休士顿的飞机在起飞时失去机舱压力. 人们在拼命寻找替代的飞机.)
Calls went out and everyone made excuses from corporate CEO's to airlines managers as to why they just couldn't help out. Once word made its way to Elisabeth City the situation was reaching its last window of opportunity for the Surgeons and time was now becoming an enemy. Again the CEO of Coca-Cola was called upon to help out and he jumped on the phone with his pilots now in Houston, they told him there was just no way they could go and retrieve the organ and return to Houston in time for the operation to take place.
(无数通电话打出去都没人能帮忙. 医生放出最后通谍, 再不快把肝脏送到将没有时间了. 人们只有又将求救之手深向可乐公司总裁. 但是可乐公司的飞机若从休士顿赶到圣地亚哥再返回去将不能赶上换肝时间.)
The CEO began to think and ponder what would be speedy enough to retrieve it in time. A call was placed to the Governor of Georgia and he then placed a call to the Governor of California requesting help. On that day sitting on the ramp at NAS Miramar were 6 brand new F/A-18A's and 2 F/A-18B's (two-seaters) wearing the colors of the Blue Angels as the team prepared to debut them to the world on November 6. It only took 4 phone calls to reach the Base Commander and 2 more to reach the Commander of the "Blues". 1:55 minutes later Navy Lt. Tony Less, in Blue Angel # 8 was gear up eastbound with his precious cargo strapped into the rear Martin Baker ejection seat, held in place by four dress belts.
(总裁开始绞尽脑汁想用什么方法可以争取时间赶上换肝. 他拿起电话和乔治亚洲州长通话要求帮助. 乔州州长又接洽加州州长. 巧的是, 就在那天, 六架崭新的F/A-18和两架F/A-18B战斗机刚刚被"蓝色天使"飞行表演大队接收, 刚刚喷上蓝色天使颜色的战机停在圣地亚哥空军基地. 仅仅和基地指挥通了四通电话, 再加两通给"蓝色天使", 一小时55分后, 飞行队海军上尉托尼已经架着"蓝色天使"八号战机以音速的几倍在空中赶往休士顿. 在他座椅后面跳伞弹射器上四条裙带梆着世上最珍贵的"舱货.")
Unbeknownst to the family or anyone in Houston all of this was unfolding, the local media had interviewed the little girl moments before she was placed into the prepping room for her surgery. A reporter asked her if she was scared, she responded, "No I'm not worried, my mommy told me that my Angel will watch over me".
(化险为夷, 家属和每一个知道此事的都松了口气. 电台,记者在小女孩进入手术室的一煞呐采访了她, "你怕吗?" "不怕, 我妈妈和我讲天使会保佑我的.")
It was an ironic statement indeed. At that moment Blue Angel #8 was coming off an ANG tanker over Western New Mexico and making a mad dash for Houston. The clock was still ticking and with each movement of the hand went further against the Surgeons.
(事实上, 当"蓝色天使"八号在新墨西哥州上空加完油后直冲休士顿时, 医生们手心里都还涅着把汗呢.)
With only 90 minutes to spare Angel #8 turned final to Houston Hobby's Rwy 4L and rolled out to a stop, surrounded by police cars and an ambulance to rush the organ to the hospital.
(当八号战机降落在休士顿四号跑道, 数辆警车护拥着载有器官的救护车冲向医院时, 距离换肝底线只差90分钟时间了.)
To sum up this story the transplant was successful and Crystal returned home to Memphis in time for Thanksgiving, the CEO of Coca-Cola lobbied the Fortune 500 companies to create Corporate Angel Network, the name inspired by the Blue Angels. To this day Blue Angel #8 wears a small silhouette of an Angel praying on the canopy rail and the name "Crystal" written underneath.
(简单讲, 移植手术很成功, 水晶出院时正好赶上感恩节. 可乐公司的总裁也借此机会动员"幸运五百家"公司组成了以"蓝色天使"由来的"天使联线公司." 直到今天为止"蓝色天使"八号战机的舱檐下都印有一个下边写有"水晶"天使的剪影.)
A little over a month after the surgery the "Blues" made a planned detour to Memphis to say hi to a little girl named Crystal. And it was on that day December 18, 1986 that Crystal met her Angel, the Angel who saved her life. That was fourteen years ago. Today Crystal is 24 and every year she is personally invited to attend a show near her home in Memphis as the guest of honor to the Blue Angels.
(大约一个多月后, "蓝色天使"特意前往曼费斯市探望小女孩水晶. 也就是那一天, 12月18日, 水晶见到了给了她第二次生命的天使. 回想起来, 这是14年前的事情了. 水晶现在已经24岁. 每一年当"蓝色天使"到她家乡曼费斯市表演时, 她都会被以特别来宾的身份应邀参加.)
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