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The television program centered on the coincidences between the two men—things I thought were really irrelevant—like the fact Victor Wald, the man Harry Ramos had tried to save, had the same name as the best man at the Ramos's wedding or that both couples had a child named Alex. The only relevant link between these two women was the fact that they both had husbands who died just because they went to work that morning.
電視節目以這兩個男人之間的巧合為中心，像哈里·拉莫斯試圖救的人維克托·沃爾德與他婚禮上的伴郎同名，或者是像這兩對夫婦都有一個孩子名叫阿歷克斯之類的事情。我卻認為這類事情毫不相關，這兩名遺孀之間唯一相關的就是她們的丈夫都因為在那天早上去上班而喪命。
But one of them had had a chance to save himself and had not taken it. Migdalia Ramos spoke about her anger—not at Rebecca or Victor Wald but at her own husband. She just couldn't understand then why he had gone back in. I understood how she felt. How could he leave her and his children with all the responsibilities that they had to face? Couples should be there for each other, should cleave to one another. And if everyone else at his firm had gotten out, why hadn't Harry? He made a choice and the consequences of it didn't just affect him. It affected his whole family.
但其中一人本來有機會生還，但他沒有把握這個機會。米格達里亞·拉莫斯訴說著她的氣憤，不是針對麗貝卡，也不是針對維克托，而是對她自己的丈夫。她不明白他為什么又跑回去了。我能理解她的感受。他怎么能夠將所有的責任都留給她和孩子們，讓他們不得不面對一切？況且夫妻之間本來就應該互相依靠、相依相偎的呀。并且如果這家公司的其他人都跑出去了，哈里為什么就沒有呢？他做了個決定，但結果不僅影響著他一個人，還影響著全家人。
Then Migdalia Ramos told about another incident in her life. Her mother had died on September 1. The management of her mother's apartment building had told Mrs. Ramos that she would have to clear out the apartment by September 30. So, on September 30, Mrs. Ramos together with other family members went to her mother's apartment. While they were hauling out boxes and furniture, the fire alarm sounded. The hallway quickly filled with smoke. Mrs. Ramos did what every mother would do, what every right-thinking responsible person would do—she got her child and her relatives to safety.
米格達里亞·拉莫斯接著談起她生命中的另外一件事。她母親在9月1號去世了，她母親公寓的管理人讓拉莫斯夫人在9月30號之前把公寓騰空。因此，9月30號那天拉莫斯夫人和家人一起去了她母親的公寓。正當她們往外拖箱子和家具時，火警警報響了。整個走廊瞬時煙霧彌漫。拉莫斯夫人做了一件任何一個母親或是任何一個有理智的負責任的人都會做的彌漫事：她把她的孩子和親人們安置到了安全的地方。
