2006年VOA标准英语-Plans Underway for 9/11 Memorial at United 93 C

By Kane Farabaugh
Shanksville, PA
30 August 2006
 
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Flags and a wreath mark the exact spot of the crash of Flight 93   
  
The crash of United Flight 93 was almost an afterthought in the media frenzy¹ on September 11th, 2001.  Later it was learned that those who died when it crashed in Pennsylvania had been trying to take control of the plane from terrorists.  VOA's Kane Farabaugh reports on plans to build a permanent memorial at the crash site.

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The roar of the machines that once mined coal here faded away several decades ago.  Rusting² cranes stand guard over hallowed ground marked by both personal and public tributes.

Messages of thanks and respect are left by visitors who had never heard of this place before September 11th, 2001. Tens of thousands come from all over the world to Somerset County, Pennsylvania. 

Jeff Reinbold   
  
The site is managed by Jeff Reinbold with theNational Park Service. He told us, "We have about 130,000 people that come to what is, essentially³, a parking lot and a fence overlooking a field.  The number of people drawn⁴ here without any marketing⁵ on our part is pretty astounding⁶."

The fence does more than just overlook the field.  It holds the prayers and wishes of people across the planet changed by an event that forever transformed this abandoned strip mine.

This is the final resting place of 40 passengers and crew members of United Flight 93 who tried to regain⁷ control of the plane from the terrorists who hijacked⁸ it.  During that struggle the plane crashed into this patch of land in the heart of Pennsylvania.

"I saw it nose dive straight into the ground down there!" recalled an eyewitness⁹.

Donna Glessner remembers the sounds of that day. "Suddenly there was this tremendously loud explosion.  Booming noise.  Shook the house.  Rattled¹⁰ the windows.  The power went out."

The shockwave that rattled her windows changed this small community. 

Glessner now runs the "Ambassadors" volunteer group that educates visitors at the crash site. She knows well the lessons learned that day.

"No place is so remote that it is beyond the reach of international events or terrorism in particular, and that's shocking," says Glessner.

Gordon Felt   
  
Gordon Felt's brother, Edward, was a passenger on Flight 93.  He makes the trip from upstate New York several times a year to visit the temporary memorial. 

"It's overwhelming to realize that so many people that are coming here want to leave something, want to make a mark,” says Gordon. “I think because people connect with this memorial.  The fact was the 40 passengers and crew of Flight 93 could have been any of us."

Deborah Borza's daughter, Deora Bodley, was with Gordon Felt's brother on Flight 93.

 
Deborah Borza
  
She told us, "The passengers and crew on that flight had a decision to make.  And for me it was a decision that was going to make the biggest difference.  The biggest difference for people around the world.  And this memorial being built is that opportunity for other people around the world to come here and for them to realize the difference that they can make."

Gordon Felt, Deborah Borza and other family members of Flight 93 are actively¹¹ involved in the campaign to build a permanent memorial.

A wooden model at the National Park Service office is the winner of the design competition.  It utilizes¹² the entire landscape surrounding the crash site -- close to 400 hectares of land.

Part of the plan calls for a large ringed tree grove¹³ around the crash site and a visitor’s center. Reinbold explains why the building is necessary. "We needed a facility that was able to tell the story of September 11th.  The ground itself doesn't do that.  It is a very fitting and appropriate way to pay tribute to them, but the other part, the other purpose of this site is to tell the story and make sure it's not lost."

Items that will eventually be included in the visitors center are already piling up. 

Barbara Black of the National Park Service collects the tributes people leave at the temporary memorial.

"Some of the things that amaze me are the things that mean the most to them and they are leaving them as a sign of respect… a sign of honor,” says Black. “ Something like these boots from Afghanistan that a young soldier left.  He wore those in Afghanistan right after September 11th, 2001, and he left them as a sign of honor."

The Flight 93 National Memorial Campaign needs both public grants and private donations to move forward with construction on the permanent memorial.  Several corporate¹⁴ sponsors have already donated more than $10 million.  The goal to get the project completed by September 11th, 2011 -- the 10th anniversary of the attacks -- is $58 million. 

1 frenzy   

n.疯狂，狂热，极度的激动

参考例句：

• He was able to work the young students up into a frenzy.他能激起青年学生的狂热。
• They were singing in a frenzy of joy.他们欣喜若狂地高声歌唱。

2 rusting   

n.生锈v.（使）生锈( rust的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• There was an old rusting bolt on the door. 门上有一个生锈的旧门闩。 来自辞典例句
• Zinc can be used to cover other metals to stop them rusting. 锌可用来涂在其他金属表面以防锈。 来自辞典例句

3 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

4 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

5 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

6 astounding   

adj.使人震惊的vt.使震惊，使大吃一惊astound的现在分词)

参考例句：

• There was an astounding 20% increase in sales. 销售量惊人地增加了20%。
• The Chairman's remarks were so astounding that the audience listened to him with bated breath. 主席说的话令人吃惊，所以听众都屏息听他说。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 regain   

vt.重新获得，收复，恢复

参考例句：

• He is making a bid to regain his World No.1 ranking.他正为重登世界排名第一位而努力。
• The government is desperate to regain credibility with the public.政府急于重新获取公众的信任。

8 hijacked   

劫持( hijack的过去式和过去分词 )； 绑架； 拦路抢劫； 操纵（会议等，以推销自己的意图）

参考例句：

• The plane was hijacked by two armed men on a flight from London to Rome. 飞机在从伦敦飞往罗马途中遭到两名持械男子劫持。
• The plane was hijacked soon after it took off. 那架飞机起飞后不久被劫持了。

9 eyewitness   

n.目击者，见证人

参考例句：

• The police questioned several eyewitness to the murder.警察询问了谋杀案的几位目击者。
• He was the only eyewitness of the robbery.他是那起抢劫案的唯一目击者。

10 rattled   

慌乱的，恼火的

参考例句：

• The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
• Every time a bus went past, the windows rattled. 每逢公共汽车经过这里，窗户都格格作响。

11 actively   

adv.积极地，勤奋地

参考例句：

• During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。
• We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。

12 utilizes   

v.利用，使用( utilize的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• One highly successful approach utilizes a triplet aspheric lens array. 一种很成功的方法是利用一个三合非球面透镜阵列。 来自辞典例句
• The first utilizes a blend of finely ground ceramic powders. 第一种用的是一种磨细的陶瓷粉末混合物。 来自辞典例句

13 grove   

n.林子，小树林，园林

参考例句：

• On top of the hill was a grove of tall trees.山顶上一片高大的树林。
• The scent of lemons filled the grove.柠檬香味充满了小树林。

14 corporate   

adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的

参考例句：

• This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
• His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。