In the end, we sat on the floor among the poetry, and I read him some. 最后，我们坐在地板上沉浸在诗歌之中，我给他读了一些。 He listened, his head tilted down, asking, What is it you like about that one? 他听着，低下了头...
I was always a reader. As a kid, I walked to the library several times a week and stayed up late reading with a flashlight. 我一直都喜欢读书。小时候，我每周都会去好几次图书馆，拿着手电筒熬夜看书。 I checked out so...
Fog rescues George Washington and a revolution. 雾拯救了乔治华盛顿和一场革命。 Despite the fireworks and celebrations every July 4th, the year 1776 was a dark one for the American Revolution. 尽管每年的7月4日都有烟花和庆祝，...
A clerical oversight makes Its a Wonderful Life a classic. 一个文书的疏忽使《生活多美好》成为一个经典。 Despite its reputation as one of the most cherished works in American cinema, Frank Capras 1946 film was a financial disaste...
A messy science lab harbors a miracle drug. 一间凌乱的科学实验室藏有一种神奇的药物。 In the summer of 1928, Scottish physician Alexander Fleming was in such a rush to go on vacation 1928年夏天，苏格兰医生亚历山大弗莱明...
A DAs slip about a glove flips the trial of the century. 地方检察官关于一只手套的口误颠覆了世纪审判。 It was bound to be a case for the ages even before the suspect parked his white Ford Bronco on that hot Los Angeles night in 1...
Dr. Seuss and Stephen King are rescued from the ash can of history. 苏斯博士和斯蒂芬金被从历史的灰烬中拯救出来。 Different though they may be, Stephen King and Dr. Seuss have two things in common. 尽管苏斯博士和斯蒂芬金...
A melted candy bar helps create the microwave oven. 一款融化的糖果促进了微波炉的发明。 Percy Spencer was so fascinated by the sinking of the Titanic that he became a scientist. 珀西斯宾瑟对泰坦尼克号的沉没非常着迷，以...
Incredibly, Lauras location would have been considered accurate according to FCC standards, even though it led first responders astray. 令人难以置信的是，根据联邦通信委员会的标准，劳拉的位置被认为是准确的，尽管它导...
By making the hospital pay, I thought, maybe Lauras death would stand for something. 我想，通过让医院赔钱，也许劳拉的死能代表些什么。 The Massachusetts Department of Public Health turned up more patient-safety violations at So...
Even a month later, after the New York Times published my thank-you letter, 即使一个月后，在《纽约时报》刊登了我的感谢信后， no one had said a word to me about Laura being outside that door. And maybe they never would have. 没人...
On the surveillance video, you see Nurse X take one step outside, craning her neck as she peers into the predawn darkness. 在监控录像中，你可以看到X护士走出一步，伸着脖子凝视着黎明前的黑暗。 Laura was just about 70 fe...
A glowing object, her cell phone, falls to the ground. And then ... stillness. 一个发光的物体，她的手机掉到了地上。然后就再没有声音。 IT'S UNCLEAR how long it takes your brain to die without oxygen, though there are some es...
Laura was an amazing communicatora journalistand, with her life on the line, she didn't waste a single word. 劳拉是个很棒的沟通者，一位记者，在她命悬一线时，没有说一句废话。 If only she had been talking to the right pe...
I asked God, Why? Why? Why? One day I would receive an answer. 我问上帝，为什么？为什么？为什么？有一天我会收到一个答案。 Somerville Hospital sits on a hill, with its emergency room at the very top. 萨默维尔医院坐落...
