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by Barbara
巴巴拉(Barbara)载着她六岁小孩，班杰明(Benjamin)，去上钢琴课。他们己经迟
到，她开始想稍早时就应该取消上课。总是有忙不完的事，巴巴拉在本地医院上晚班，
最近常加班，她很疲倦，夹着雨的雪和结冰的道路增加她的紧张。
“妈！”班杰明喊着：“注意！”
在前面的一辆车在一块的冰上失去了控制。巴巴拉踩刹车。那一部车慌乱的旋转着
，翻滚，然后撞到路旁一个电话亭。巴巴拉将自己的车开到路旁，停下来，快速打开车
门。还好她是一个护士，她可以帮助那车上的乘客。但她却踌躇着....
“班怎么办？我不能带着小男孩一起，不能让他看到血淋淋的画面。但留下他一个
人安全吗？如果他的车子被人从后追撞怎么办？其他人一定也会出现。但…不！”，
她对班说：“亲爱的班，答应我，你一定要留在车上！”
班回答：“我一定会的，妈。”
她跑过去车祸现场，滑了好几次。情形比她担心的还要糟。二个高中女孩在车上，
一个金发的坐在乘客位子，撞击后当场死亡。
坐在驾驶座的女孩还在呼吸，但已失去意识，在残骸中无法动弹。巴巴拉立刻对伤
者头部伤部止血，但她有经验的眼睛却看到了其他的伤处。一只或双腿断了，或许还有
内出血。但如果救援早点来，伤者还可以存活。一个卡车司机也停下来，用手机在打电
话求援。
不久巴巴拉听到救护车的警笛声。过一会儿，她将伤者交由几个救护人员处理。其
中一个检查伤者的受伤情形后，然后对巴巴拉说：“做的好！你可能救了她的性命。”
或许吧。当巴巴拉走回她的车子时，却感受到一股强烈的悲伤。特别是为这个死去女孩
的家人。他们的生命再也不一样了。上帝啊，为什么要让这样的事发生？巴巴拉慢慢地
打开车门，不晓得该如何告诉班杰明？他蓝色的大眼睛凝视着车祸现场。
班小声地说：“妈，你看到了吗？”
巴巴拉问他：“你看到什么？亲爱的。”
班回答说：“妈，是天使。当你跑向车子时，一个天使从天而降。他打开车门，将
那个女孩带走。”
巴巴拉眼睛含着眼泪问说：“那一个车门？”
班回答：“乘客那边的车门，他牵着那女孩的手，一起飞向天上”
“另外那个驾驶呢？”
班耸耸肩说：“我没有看到其他人。”
后来巴巴拉见了遇难者的家人。他们对她提供的帮助表示感激。巴巴拉告诉了他们
班所看到的景像。班的见证给了他们更多的安慰，他们的女儿在天堂，他们将会再看到
他。
“照当时的情况而言，班不可能看到车上坐了谁或发生了什么事，因为巴巴拉亲眼
看见那车门已经被扭曲而无法打开。”班不可能看到车祸现场，所以他不可能知道车上
有谁，更不用说他的性别了！但是他却看到天使牵着那“女孩”往天空飞去。
AN ACCIDENT AND AN ANGEL
Barbara was driving her six-year-old son, Benjamin, to his piano lesson.
They were late, and Barbara was beginning to think she should have canceled
it. There was always so much to do, and Barbara, a night-duty nurse at the
local hospital, had recently worked extra shifts. She was tired. The sleet
storm and icy roads add to her tension. "Mom！" Ben cried. "Look！" Just
ahead a car had lost control on a patch of ice. As Barbara tapped the brakes
, the other car spun wildly, rolled over, then crashed sideways into a
telephone pole. Barbara pulled over, skidded to a stop and threw open her
door. Thank goodness she was a nurse——she might be able to help these
unfortunate passengers. Then she paused. What about Ben? She couldn't take
him with her——little boys shouldn't see scenes like the one she
anticipated. But was it safe to leave him alone? What if their car were hit
from behind? For a brief moment Barbara considered going on her ay. Someone
else was sure to come along. No！ "Ben, honey, promise me you'll stay in the
car！" "I will, Mommy," he said as she ran, slipping and sliding, toward
the crash site. It was worse than she'd feared. Two girls of high school age
were in the car. One, the blonde on the passenger side, was dead, killed on
impact. The driver however was still breathing. She was unconscious and
pinned in the wreckage. Barbara quickly applied pressure to the wound in the
teenager's head while her practiced eye catalogued the other injuries. A
broken leg, maybe two, along with probable internal bleeding. But if help
came soon, the girl would live. A trucker had pulled up and was calling for
help on his cellular phone. Soon Barbara heard the ambulance sirens. A few
moments later she surrendered her lonely post to rescue workers. "Good job,"
one said as he examined the driver's wounds. "You probably saved her life,
ma'am." Perhaps. But as Barbara walked back to her car a feeling of sadness
overwhelmed her, especially for the family of the girl who had died. Their
lives would never be he same. Oh God, why do such things have to happen?
Slowly Barbara opened her car door. What should she tell Benjamin? He was
staring at the crash site, his blue eyes huge. "Mom," he whispered, "Did you
see it?" "See what, Honey?" she asked. "The angel, Mom！ He came down from
the sky while you were running to the car. And he opened the door, and he
took that girl out." Barbara's eyes filled with tears. "Which door, Ben?" "
The passenger side. He took the girl's hand, and they floated up to Heaven
together." "What about the driver?" Ben shrugged. "I didn't see anyone else.
" Later Barbara was able to meet the families of the victims. They expressed
their gratitude for the help she had provided. Barbara was able to give
them something more; Ben's vision.
There was no way he could have known——by ordinary means —— who was
in the car or what had happened to either of the passengers. Nor could the
passenger door have been opened; Barbara had seen its tangle of immovable
steel herself. Yet Ben's account brought consolation to a grieving family.
Their daughter was safe in Heaven. And they would see her again. | i*******t
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