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On November 7, 2017, New York firefighter Tommy Maher set off on an 18-day, 9,500-mile road trip to some of the most ordinary places in America.
2017年11月7日，紐約消防隊員湯米·馬赫開始了為期18天、行程9500英里的自駕游，到達美國最普通的一些地方。
They did, however, all have something else in common:
然而，這些地方都有某些共同點:
Each town had been home to one of the 58 victims of the October shooting in Las Vegas.
每個城鎮都是去年10月拉斯維加斯槍擊案的58名受害者之一居住的地方
Maher wanted to honor them by performing an act of kindness for the victims' neighbors.
馬赫想通過對受害者鄰里施行善舉來表達對他們的敬意。
He was inspired by a fire-department friend who died during the 9/11 rescue.
他的靈感來自9/11救援行動中遇難的消防部門的一位朋友。
That man's body was never found, and since then Maher has been determined to mark the deaths of others in noble ways.
朋友的尸體一直沒有找到，從那以后，馬赫決心用高尚的方式紀念其他死去的人。
The first stop on his tragedy-inspired trip was Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, the home of Bill Wolfe Jr. Maher's good deed there was at a Laundromat,
這趟充滿悲劇色彩旅程的第一站是賓夕法尼亞州的希彭斯堡，比爾·沃爾夫的家。馬赫做好事的地方是一家自助洗衣店。
where he taped envelopes filled with quarters to each of the machines
他把裝滿硬幣的信封貼在每臺洗衣機上
so that patrons could have a free wash.
這樣顧客可以免費洗衣服。
In other cities, Maher left a large tip for his server, bought lunch for the staff of a pediatric urgent care clinic, or simply offered strangers a flower.
在其他城市，馬赫給服務員留下一大筆小費，為兒科急診的工作人員購買午餐，或者只是給陌生人送一朵花。
At each stop, he gave one person in the community a bracelet bearing the name of his mission,
每到一個地方，他都會交給社區里的一個人一個手鐲，上面寫著他的使命，
Honor58, as well as the name of that community's victim.
58個善舉，以及社區受害者的名字。
The person with the bracelet promised to continue his mission of spreading kindness.
拿手鐲的人答應繼續他的使命——傳播善行。
Maher documented his journey on Honor58's Facebook page.
馬赫在Facebook頁面上記錄了他的58個善舉。
Before long, his Facebook followers—some of whom had survived the Las Vegas shooting themselves—
不久，他Facebook上的粉絲們——其中一些粉絲是拉斯維加斯槍擊事件中的幸存者——開始關注他
took up Maher's cause and began launching their own 58 acts of kindness.
支持馬赫的行為，發起他們自己的58個善舉。
