激情燃烧的时刻

• 来源期刊: 海外英语
• 年，卷（期）: 2007,（8）
• 页码范围: 46-47
• 页数: 2页
• 语种: 中文

摘要

作者:古姆·弗·科亨[美] 王善武 编译 IT WAS JUST PAST NOON LAST MARCH WHEN HAMAD DIN, A WIRY 37-YEAR-OLD WELDER, LOOKED UP FROM HIS WORK AND NOTICED SMOKE COMING OUT OF A DOUBLE-STOREY HOUSE ACROSS THE ROAD IN TAMAN BARU, SEBERANG JAYA IN NORTHWESTERN MALAYSIA. HE IMMEDIATELY RAN OVER, CIRCLING THE HOUSE TO FIND A WAY IN. MAYBE I CAN GET IN FROM THE BACK, HE THOUGHT, BUT WHEN HE REACHED THE BACK DOOR A WOMAN CAME RUNNING OUT, SHOUTING THAT HER CHILDREN WERE INSIDE. HAMAD TRIED TO ENTER BUT, EVEN THOUGH HE WAS USED TO FLAMES AND HIGH TEMPERATURES AS A WELDER, HE WAS BEATEN BACK BY THE FIRE. RETURNING TO THE FRONT, WHERE NEIGHBOURS WERE TRYING TO PUT OUT THE FIRE, HE SAW SOMEONE KICK IN THE FRONT DOOR. ABOUT THREE METRES INSIDE STOOD THREE-YEAR-OLD AMIRUL HAKIMI SUHAIMI, TOO TERRIFIED TO MOVE. HAMAD RUSHED IN AND SCOOPED THE BOY UP, BRING HIM SAFELY TO HIS WAITING MOTHER, NUR SURIYATI ZAINON, 28. BUT SHE SAID THERE WERE MORE CHILDREN INSIDE. HAMAD RACED BACK IN. EDGING HIS WAY PAST THE FIRST ROOM WHERE THE FIRE WAS MOST INTENSE, HE DROPPED TO HIS KNEES, BLINDLY USING HIS HANDS TO FEEL FOR FAMILIAR HUMAN SHAPES. "I CALLED OUT, HOPING THE CHILDREN WOULD MAKE A SOUND,"SAYS HAMAD. BUT NO SOUND CAME. FINALLY, HAMAD FELT SOMETHING. INSTINCTIVELY, HE KNEW IT WAS A CHILD. PEERING THROUGH THE THICK SMOKE, HE SAW TWO CHILDREN, FIVE-YEAR-OLD AMIRUL IMRAN AND FOUR-YEAR-OLD NURUL AFFRINA, SLMPED UNCONSCIOUS ON THE FLOOR. HE CAME RUNNING OUT WITH BOTH CHILDREN IN HIS ARMS, ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT THERE WAS ONE MORE CHILD TO FIND. COVERING HIS MOUTH AND NOSE WITH A HANDKERCHIEF, HE RETURNED TO THE SECOND ROOM, AGAIN BLINDLY SEARCHING WITH HIS HANDS UNTIL HE FOUND ONE-YEAR-OLD MUHAMMAD AFIQ HUSSAINI UNDER A PILE OF CLOTHES. "I DIDN''''T HAVE TIME TO BE AFRAID," SAYS HAMAD, WHO SPENT ABOUT 15 MINUTES IN THE SMOKE-FILLED HOUSE. "I WANTED TO SAVE THE CHILDREN." AS THE FOUR SIBLINGS WERE RUSHED TO HOSPITAL-WHERE THEY SPENT TWO WEEKS RECUPERATING IN INTENSIVE CARE-THE UNHARMED HAMAD SIMPLY RETURNED TO WORK AT THE WORKSHOP ACROSS THE STREET. "IN THIS WORLD WE NEED TO HELP WHEN IT''''S NEEDED MOST. WHO KNOWS WHAT THESE FOUR CHILDREN WILL ONE DAY GROW UP TO BE?" 时间是去年3月的一天,刚过正午.