双语：9·11事件被劫持飞机残骸在华盛顿展出2011年09月02日08:27中国日报苏德悦我要评论(0)字号：T|TTheNewseuminWashington,D.C.,isexpandingitsFBIexhibitwithanewdisplayofartifactsfrom9/11andotherterroristplotsthathaveneverbeenondisplaytothepublicbefore.Cellphonesandpagers,airplaneengines,adoorfromapolicesquadcar,amother'swalletandcreditcards.ThoseitemssurvivedwhenterroristsflewtwoplanesintotheWorldTradeCentertowersinNewYorkCityduringtheSeptember11attacks.TheNewseuminWashington,D.C.,isexpandingitsFBIexhibitwithanewdisplayofartifactsfrom9/11andotherterroristplotsthathaveneverbeenondisplaytothepublicbefore."WaronTerror:TheFBI'sNewFocus"willopenFridayinplentyoftimeforthe10thanniversaryofthe9/11attacks.TheNewseumselected60piecesofevidencetheFBIhadinstorageforuseinterrortrials,includinghugepiecesofanairplanethatsurvivedrammingintotheWorldTradeCentertowers."Ithinkthemostpowerfulpiecesherearethemostpersonal,"saidCathyTrost,directorofexhibitdevelopmentattheNewseum."Thethingsthatpeopleputintheirpocketsthatmorningnotknowingthatthiswasgoingtobeadaythatchangedtheirlivesforever."Perhapsthemostheart-wrenchingitemsondisplaybelongedtoRuthMcCourtofNewLondon,Connecticut.McCourtwastakingher4-year-olddaughter,Juliana,tovisitDisneyland.TheywereaboardUnitedFlight175,whichwasthesecondplanetohittheWorldTradeCenter.McCourt'swalletwasfoundinthedebris,batteredbutstillintact.It'sondisplayalongwiththreecreditcards.ApictureofMcCourtandJulianaatthebeachisalsoshown."Alotoffamilymemberswanttomakesuretherearepublicdisplaysbecausetheydon'twantpeopletoforgetwhattheylostthatday,"saidSusanBennett,aNewseumseniorvicepresident.Asamplingofthemanycellphonesandpagersarepartoftheexhibit."It'ssosadbecausethefamilies,thecolleaguesofthepeoplewhowereintheWorldTradeCenterdidn'tgiveup,"Bennettsaid."Theykepttryingtocall,andcall,andcallagainwithjustaglimmerofhopethatsomehowperhapsthepeoplewerestillburiedunderneaththerubbleorhadperhapsbeentakentoahospital.Itwasveryemotionalfortherescueworkersbecausetheycouldhearthecellphonesringing."Picturesofthe19hijackersarealsoondisplayalongwithsomeoftheirpassports.AseatingplanforoneoftheflightsshowswhereleaderMohamedAttaandhisco-conspiratorsweresitting,andaletterallthehijackersleftbehindisincluded.Thefive-pagemartyrdommessagewaswritteninArabic.Atranslationofthefirstpageisshownandbeginswiththechillingwords:"TheLastNight:1)Embracethewilltodieandrenewallegiance."手机、呼机、飞机发动机、巡警车门、母亲的钱包和信用卡。这些都是在恐怖分子劫持两架飞机撞击纽约世贸大厦的911袭击事件中残留下来的物品。目前联邦调查局在华盛顿新闻博物馆的展览增加了此前从未向公众展出的911事件和其他恐怖袭击事件的残骸。这一名为“反恐战争：FBI新焦点”的展览将于周五开放，提前纪念911恐怖袭击十周年。新闻博物馆选取了60件联邦调查局收藏的用于恐怖事件审判的证据，其中包括撞击世贸大厦后残留的大块飞机碎片。新闻博物馆展出开发部的负责人凯西特罗斯特说：“我认为这里最具影响力的是那些最私人的东西。那天早晨被人放进兜里的那些东西不知道那是永久改变它们命运的一天。”或许，展览上最令人痛心的物品是来自康涅狄格州新伦敦的鲁思麦考特的。麦考特当时带她四岁的女儿朱莉安娜去迪斯尼乐园游玩。她们搭乘的是联合航空公司的175号航班，也就是第二架撞击世贸大厦的飞机。在废墟中，人们发现了麦考特的钱包，虽然有破损但还是完整的。和钱包一起展出的还有三张信用卡以及麦考特和朱莉安娜在海滩上的照片。新闻博物馆的高级副总裁苏珊贝内特说：“许多911事件受害者的家人希望公开展览一定要举行，因为他们不想让人们忘记他们那天所失去的。”此次展览抽取了一部分手机和呼机进行展出。贝内特说：“世贸大厦中被困人群的家人和同事并没有放弃希望。他们不停地打电话，怀着一丝的希望一遍一遍地打电话，心想也许自己的亲友仍然被埋在废墟下面或者已经被送往医院。这让人感到很悲伤。当时援救人员情绪很激动，因为他们可以听见手机铃声在响。”和19个劫持者照片一起展出的还有他们的部分护照。一架飞机的座位分布图展示了劫持团伙头目穆罕默德阿塔和同谋的座位，还有劫持者集体留下的一封信。这封长达五页的“就义书”是用阿拉伯语写的，其第一页译文被展出，信的开头让人不寒而栗：“最后一夜：1）抱着必死的决心，再次宣誓效忠。”Vocabulary:squadcar:巡警车，警察巡逻车artifact:人工制品，人工产物，物件ram:猛撞，撞击heart-wrenching:让人心痛的hijacker:劫持者martyrdom:殉难；殉教allegiance:忠诚，忠贞
