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Twenty five years ago, Ray Anderson, a single parent with a one-year-old son witnessed a terrible accident which took place when the driver of a truck ran a red light and collided with the car of Sandra Jenkins.
25年前，雷·安德森，擁有一個一歲大的兒子的單身父親，目擊了一場恐怖的車禍。該車禍發(fā)生的情景時一名卡車司機闖紅燈后與桑德拉·詹金斯的車相撞。
The impact of the collision killed Sandra instantly. But her three-month-old daughter was left trapped in the burning car.
這一車禍使得桑德拉當場殞命。但是她三歲大的女兒則被困在燃燒的汽車里。
While others looked on in horror, Anderson jumped out of his vehicle and crawled into the car through the shattered rear window to try to free the infant.
就當其他人驚恐的看著這一切的時候，安德森跳出了他的車，并從那輛汽車破碎的后玻璃窗中爬了進去，試圖拯救那個嬰兒。
Seconds later, the car was enclosed in flames.
幾秒鐘之后，這輛汽車被火焰所包圍。
But to everyone's amazement, Anderson was able to pull the baby to safety.
令所有人吃驚的是，安德森竟然成功將嬰兒安全救出。
While the baby was all right, Anderson was seriously injured.
但是當嬰兒平安無事的時候，安德森則被嚴重燒傷。
Two days later he died. But his heroic act was published widely in the media.
兩天以后，安德森死了。但是他的英雄事跡則被滅提廣泛報道。
His son was soon adopted by relatives. The most remarkable part of the story unfolded only last week.
他的兒子后來被親戚們收養(yǎng)。這件故事最引人注目的一部分在上周剛剛上演。
Karen and her boyfriend Michael were looking through some old boxes when they came across some old newspaper clippings.
卡倫和她的男朋友邁克爾在收拾一些舊盒子時，偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)了一些舊剪報。
"This is me when I was a new born baby. I was rescued from a burning car. But my mother died in the accident," explained Karen.
卡倫解釋道；“這是我還是個新生兒時候的照片。我是從一輛燃燒的汽車中被救出來的。但是我的母親則在車禍中喪生了。”
Although Michael knew Karen's mother had died years earlier, he never fully understood the circumstances until he skimmed over the newspaper article.
雖然邁克爾以前就知道卡倫的母親是早年間去世的，但是直到他瀏覽過這些報紙的時候，他才明白了事情的具體情況。
To Karen's surprise, Michael was absorbed in the details of the accident.
令卡倫吃驚的是，邁克爾被這場事故的細節(jié)所吸引。
And he began to cry uncontrollably.
他開始控制不住的哭泣。
Then he revealed that the man that pulled Karen from the flames was the father he never knew.
之后他表示，這個將卡倫從火中救出的男人正是他從未見過的父親。
The two embraced and shed many tears, recounting stories told to them about their parents.
這兩個人流著淚擁抱在一起，講述著那些被別人告知的關于他們父母的故事。
