For at some moment in the water he must have real the man in the water求大神帮助

a man in the water \u80cc\u666f

As disasters go, this one was terrible, but not unique, certainly not among the worst of the roster of U.S. air crashes. There was the unusual element of the bridge, of course, and the fact that the plane hit it at a moment of high traffic. Then, too, there was the location of the event. Washington, the city of form and rules, turned chaotic by a blast of real winter and a single slap of metal on metal. The jets from Washington National Airport that normally fly around the presidential monuments like hungry gulls are, for the moment, represented by the one that fell. And there was the aesthetic clash as well\u2014blue-and-green Air Florida, the name a flying garden, sunk down among gray chunks of ice in a black river. All that was worth noticing, to be sure. Still, there was nothing very special in any of it, except death, which, while always special, does not necessarily bring millions to tears or to attention. Why, then, the shock here? \u707e\u96be\u8d70\uff0c\u8fd9\u662f\u4e00\u4e2a\u53ef\u6015\u7684\uff0c\u4f46\u4e0d\u662f\u552f\u4e00\u7684\uff0c\u5f53\u7136\u4e5f\u4e0d\u5728\u6700\u574f\u7684\u540d\u518c\u4e0a\u7684\u7f8e\u56fd\u822a\u7a7a\u4e8b\u6545\u3002\u6709\u4e0d\u5bfb\u5e38\u7684\u5927\u6865\u7684\u5143\u7d20\uff0c\u5f53\u7136\uff0c\u800c\u4e8b\u5b9e\u4e0a\uff0c\u98de\u673a\u649e\u5728\u4e00\u77ac\u95f4\u9ad8\u4ea4\u901a\u3002\u7136\u540e\uff0c\u592a\uff0c\u6709\u4e8b\u4ef6\u7684\u4f4d\u7f6e\u3002\u534e\u76db\u987f\uff0c\u57ce\u5e02\u7684\u5f62\u5f0f\u548c\u89c4\u5219\uff0c\u6df7\u4e71\u7684\u4e00\u4e2a\u771f\u6b63\u7684\u51ac\u5929\u548c\u4e00\u4e2a\u5355\u4e00\u7684\u6572\u51fb\u91d1\u5c5e\u5bf9\u91d1\u5c5e\u3002\u98de\u673a\u4ece\u534e\u76db\u987f\u56fd\u5bb6\u673a\u573a\uff0c\u901a\u5e38\u73af\u7ed5\u603b\u7edf\u7eaa\u5ff5\u7891\u50cf\u9965\u997f\u7684\u6d77\u9e25\uff0c\u4e00\u65f6\u7684\uff0c\u4ee3\u8868\u7684\u4e00\u4e2a\u4e86\u3002\u6709\u5ba1\u7f8e\u51b2\u7a81well-blue-and-green\u4f5b\u7f57\u91cc\u8fbe\u7684\u540d\u5b57\uff0c\u7a7a\u4e2d\u82b1\u56ed\uff0c\u6c89\u6ca1\u5728\u7070\u8272\u5728\u4e00\u5927\u5757\u51b0\u9ed1\u6cb3\u3002\u8fd9\u4e00\u5207\u662f\u503c\u5f97\u6ce8\u610f\u7684\uff0c\u786e\u4fe1\u3002\u4e0d\u8fc7\uff0c\u6ca1\u6709\u4ec0\u4e48\u5f88\u7279\u522b\u7684\uff0c\u9664\u4e86\u6b7b\u4ea1\uff0c\u5176\u4e2d\uff0c\u800c\u603b\u662f\u7279\u522b\u7684\uff0c\u5e76\u4e0d\u5fc5\u7136\u5e26\u6765\u6570\u767e\u4e07\u773c\u6cea\u6216\u5173\u6ce8\u3002\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48\uff0c\u7136\u540e\uff0c\u5728\u8fd9\u91cc\u7684\u51b2\u51fb\uff1fPerhaps because the nation saw in this disaster something more than a mechanical failure. Perhaps because people saw in it no failure at all, but rather something successful about themselves. Here, after all, were two forms of nature in collision: the elements and human character. Last Wednesday. the elements, indifferent as ever, brought down Flight 90. And on that same afternoon, human nature\u2014groping and struggling \u2014 rose to the occasion. \u4e5f\u8bb8\u662f\u56e0\u4e3a\u56fd\u5bb6\u5728\u8fd9\u6b21\u707e\u96be\u4e2d\u770b\u5230\u4e86\u66f4\u591a\u7684\u4e1c\u897f\u6bd4\u673a\u68b0\u6545\u969c\u3002\u4e5f\u8bb8\u662f\u56e0\u4e3a\u4eba\u4eec\u770b\u5230\u5b83\u6ca1\u6709\u5931\u8d25\uff0c\u800c\u662f\u6210\u529f\u81ea\u5df1\u3002\u5728\u8fd9\u91cc\uff0c\u6bd5\u7adf\uff0c2\u5f62\u5f0f\u7684\u672c\u8d28\u51b2\u7a81\uff1a\u5143\u7d20\u548c\u4eba\u7684\u6027\u683c\u3002\u4e0a\u5468\u4e09\u3002\u5143\u7d20\uff0c\u51b7\u6f20\uff0c\u51fb\u843d\u98de\u884c90\u3002\u5728\u5f53\u5929\u4e0b\u5348\uff0c\u4eba\u7c7bnature-groping\u6323\u624e-\u968f\u673a\u5e94\u53d8\u3002 Of the four acknowledged heroes of the event, three are able to account for their behavior. Donald Usher and Eugene Windsor, a park police helicopter team, risked their lives every time they dipped the skids into the water to pick up survivors. On television, side by side, they described their courage as all in the line of duty. Lenny Skutnik, a 28-year-old employee of the Congressional Budget Office, said: \u201cIt\u2019s something I never thought I would do\u201d\u2014referring to his jumping into the water to drag an injured woman to shore. Skutnik added that \u201csomebody had to go in the water,\u201d delivering every hero\u2019s line that is no less admirable for being repeated. In fact, nobody had to go into the water. That somebody actually did so is part of the reason this particular tragedy sticks in the mind. \u8fd9\u56db\u4e2a\u516c\u8ba4\u7684\u82f1\u96c4\u4e8b\u4ef6\uff0c\u4e09\u662f\u80fd\u591f\u89e3\u91ca\u81ea\u5df1\u7684\u884c\u4e3a\u3002\u5510\u7eb3\u5fb7\u548c\u5c24\u91d1\u00b7\u6e29\u838e\uff0c\u516c\u56ed\u8b66\u5bdf\u76f4\u5347\u673a\u961f\uff0c\u5192\u7740\u751f\u547d\u7684\u5371\u9669\uff0c\u4ed6\u4eec\u6bcf\u6b21\u628a\u8d77\u843d\u6a47\u4e22\u5165\u6c34\u4e2d\u6551\u8d77\u5e78\u5b58\u8005\u3002\u5728\u7535\u89c6\u4e0a\uff0c\u5e76\u6392\uff0c\u4ed6\u4eec\u4ecb\u7ecd\u4e86\u4ed6\u4eec\u7684\u52c7\u6c14\uff0c\u5f53\u6240\u6709\u5728\u6267\u52e4\u3002\u4ed6skutnik\uff0c28\u5c81\u7684\u96c7\u5458\uff0c\u56fd\u4f1a\u9884\u7b97\u529e\u516c\u5ba4\uff0c\u8bf4\uff1a\u201c\u6211\u4ece\u6765\u6ca1\u6709\u60f3\u8fc7\u6211\u4f1a\u505a\u201d-\u6307\u7684\u662f\u4ed6\u8df3\u8fdb\u6c34\u91cc\u62d6\u5230\u5cb8\u8fb9\u4e00\u4e2a\u53d7\u4f24\u7684\u5973\u4eba\u3002skutnik\u8865\u5145\u8bf4\uff1a\u201c\u6709\u4eba\u53bb\u6c34\uff0c\u201c\u63d0\u4f9b\u6bcf\u4e2a\u82f1\u96c4\u7684\u7ebf\uff0c\u540c\u6837\u662f\u4ee4\u4eba\u94a6\u4f69\u7684\u91cd\u590d\u3002\u4e8b\u5b9e\u4e0a\uff0c\u6ca1\u6709\u4eba\u8fdb\u5165\u6c34\u3002\u6709\u4eba\u771f\u7684\u8fd9\u6837\u505a\u7684\u90e8\u5206\u539f\u56e0\u662f\u91c7\u7528\u4e86\u8fd9\u79cd\u7279\u6b8a\u7684\u60b2\u5267\u96be\u4ee5\u5fd8\u6000\u3002But the person most responsible for the emotional impact of the disaster is the one known at first simply as \u201cthe man in the water.\u201d Balding, probably in his 50s, a huge mustache. He was seen clinging with five other survivors to the tail section of the airplane. This man was described by Usher and Windsor as appearing alert and in control. Every time they lowered a lifeline and flotation ring to him, he passed it on to another of the passengers. \u201cIn a mass casualty, you\u2019ll find people like him.\u201d said Windsor. \u201cBut I\u2019ve never seen one with that commitment.\u201d When the helicopter came back for him, the man had gone under. His selflessness was one reason the story held national attention; his anonymity another. The fact that he went unidentified gave him with a universal character. For a while he was Everyman, and thus proof (as if one needed it) that no man is ordinary. \u4f46\u5927\u591a\u6570\u7684\u4eba\u8d1f\u8d23\u7684\u60c5\u7eea\u5f71\u54cd\u7684\u707e\u96be\u662f\u4e00\u4e2a\u4f17\u6240\u5468\u77e5\u7684\u6700\u521d\u53ea\u662f\u4f5c\u4e3a\u201c\u7537\u4eba\u4e2d\u7684\u6c34\u3002\u201d\u79c3\u5934\uff0c\u4e5f\u8bb8\u5728\u4ed650\u591a\u5c81\uff0c\u4e00\u4e2a\u5de8\u5927\u7684\u80e1\u5b50\u3002\u4ed6\u770b\u5230\u7684\u6267\u8457\u4e0e\u5176\u4ed6\u4e94\u4e2a\u5e78\u5b58\u8005\u7684\u5c3e\u7ffc\u98de\u673a\u3002\u8fd9\u4e2a\u4eba\u662f\u63cf\u8ff0\u4e9a\u745f\u548c\u6e29\u838e\u51fa\u73b0\u7684\u8b66\u60d5\u548c\u63a7\u5236\u3002\u6bcf\u6b21\u4ed6\u4eec\u653e\u4e0b\u6551\u751f\u7d22\u548c\u6551\u751f\u5708\u7ed9\u4ed6\uff0c\u4ed6\u901a\u8fc7\u5b83\u7684\u53e6\u4e00\u4e2a\u4e58\u5ba2\u3002\u201c\u5728\u5927\u89c4\u6a21\u4f24\u4ea1\uff0c\u4f60\u4f1a\u53d1\u73b0\u4eba\u4eec\u559c\u6b22\u4ed6\u3002\u201d\u8bf4\uff0c\u6e29\u838e\u3002\u201c\u4f46\u662f\u6211\u4ece\u6765\u6ca1\u6709\u89c1\u8fc7\u8fd9\u6837\u7684\u627f\u8bfa\u3002\u201d\u5f53\u76f4\u5347\u673a\u56de\u5230\u4ed6\u8eab\u8fb9\uff0c\u4ed6\u4e0b\u4e86\u3002\u4ed6\u7684\u65e0\u79c1\u7684\u539f\u56e0\u4e4b\u4e00\u662f\u8fd9\u6b21\u4e8b\u4ef6\u5f15\u8d77\u5168\u56fd\u5173\u6ce8\uff1b\u4ed6\u533f\u540d\u7684\u53e6\u4e00\u3002\u4e8b\u5b9e\u4e0a\uff0c\u4ed6\u5c31\u4e0d\u7ed9\u4ed6\u4e00\u4e2a\u5177\u6709\u666e\u904d\u6027\u3002\u4e00\u4f1a\u513f\u4ed6\u662f\u666e\u901a\u4eba\uff0c\u4ece\u800c\u8bc1\u660e\uff08\u5982\u679c\u9700\u8981\u7684\u8bdd\uff09\uff0c\u6ca1\u6709\u4eba\u662f\u5e73\u51e1\u7684\u3002 Still, he could never have imagined such a capacity in himself. Only minutes before his character was tested, he was sitting in the ordinary plane among the ordinary passengers, dutifully listening to the stewardess telling him to fasten his seat belt and saying something about the \u201cno smoking sign.\u201d So our man relaxed with the others, some of whom would owe their lives to him. Perhaps he started to read, or to doze, or to regret some harsh remark made in the office that morning. Then suddenly he knew that the trip would not be ordinary. Like every other person on that flight, he was desperate to live, which makes his final act so stunning. \u4e0d\u8fc7\uff0c\u4ed6\u4e5f\u4ece\u6765\u6ca1\u6709\u60f3\u5230\u8fd9\u6837\u7684\u80fd\u529b\u5728\u81ea\u5df1\u3002\u51e0\u5206\u949f\u524d\uff0c\u4ed6\u7684\u6027\u683c\u6d4b\u8bd5\uff0c\u4ed6\u5750\u5728\u4e00\u67b6\u666e\u901a\u98de\u673a\u7684\u666e\u901a\u4e58\u5ba2\u5f53\u4e2d\uff0c\u5c3d\u804c\u5c3d\u8d23\u5730\u542c\u7740\u7a7a\u59d0\u544a\u8bc9\u4ed6\u7cfb\u597d\u5b89\u5168\u5e26\uff0c\u8bf4\u4ec0\u4e48\u201c\u7981\u6b62\u5438\u70df\u7684\u6807\u5fd7\u3002\u201d\u6240\u4ee5\u6211\u4eec\u7684\u4eba\u8f7b\u677e\u4e0e\u5176\u4ed6\uff0c\u5176\u4e2d\u6709\u4e9b\u4eba\u6b20\u4ed6\u4e00\u6761\u547d\u3002\u4e5f\u8bb8\u4ed6\u5f00\u59cb\u9605\u8bfb\uff0c\u6216\u6253\u778c\u7761\uff0c\u6216\u611f\u5230\u9057\u61be\u7684\u4e00\u4e9b\u82db\u523b\u7684\u8bdd\u5728\u90a3\u5929\u65e9\u6668\u3002\u7136\u540e\u4ed6\u7a81\u7136\u77e5\u9053\u6b64\u884c\u4e0d\u4e00\u822c\u3002\u50cf\u6240\u6709\u5176\u4ed6\u4eba\u98de\u884c\uff0c\u4ed6\u662f\u7edd\u671b\u7684\u751f\u6d3b\uff0c\u4f7f\u4ed6\u6700\u540e\u7684\u884c\u52a8\u4f7f\u4eba\u5403\u60ca\u3002For at some moment in the water he must have realized that he would not live if he continued to hand over the rope and ring to others. He had to know it, no matter how gradual the effect of the cold. He felt he had no choice. When the helicopter took off with what was to be the last survivor, he watched everything in the world move away from him, and he let it happen. \u5728\u6c34\u4e2d\u7684\u67d0\u4e2a\u65f6\u523b\uff0c\u4ed6\u5fc5\u987b\u610f\u8bc6\u5230\u4ed6\u4e0d\u80fd\u751f\u5b58\u5982\u679c\u7ee7\u7eed\u5c06\u7ef3\u7d22\u548c\u73af\u7684\u4eba\u3002\u4ed6\u77e5\u9053\uff0c\u4e0d\u7ba1\u591a\u4e48\u7f13\u6162\u7684\u5f71\u54cd\uff0c\u5bd2\u51b7\u3002\u4ed6\u89c9\u5f97\u4ed6\u522b\u65e0\u9009\u62e9\u3002\u5f53\u76f4\u5347\u673a\u5e26\u8d70\u5c06\u662f\u6700\u540e\u7684\u5e78\u5b58\u8005\uff0c\u4ed6\u770b\u7740\u4e16\u95f4\u4e00\u5207\u79bb\u5f00\u4ed6\uff0c\u4ed6\u8ba9\u5b83\u53d1\u751f\u3002Yet there was something else about our man that kept our thoughts on him, and which keeps our thoughts on him still. He was there, in the essential, classic circumstance. Man in nature. The man in the water. For its part, nature cared nothing about the five passengers. Our man, on the other hand, cared totally. So age-old battle began again in the Potomac. For as long as that man could last, they went at each other, nature and man; the one making no distinctions of good and evil, acting on no principles, offering no lifelines; the other acting wholly on distinctions, principles and, perhaps, on faith. \u7136\u800c\uff0c\u6709\u4e00\u4e9b\u522b\u4eba\u5bf9\u6211\u4eec\u7684\u4eba\uff0c\u8ba9\u6211\u4eec\u7684\u601d\u60f3\u5728\u4ed6\u8eab\u4e0a\uff0c\u5e76\u4fdd\u6301\u6211\u4eec\u7684\u601d\u60f3\u5bf9\u4ed6\u3002\u4ed6\u5728\u90a3\u91cc\uff0c\u5728\u5fc5\u4e0d\u53ef\u5c11\u7684\uff0c\u7ecf\u5178\u7684\u60c5\u51b5\u3002\u81ea\u7136\u754c\u7684\u4eba\u3002\u6c34\u91cc\u7684\u7537\u5b50\u3002\u5b83\u7684\u4e00\u90e8\u5206\uff0c\u81ea\u7136\u5173\u5fc3\u4ec0\u4e48\u4e94\u4e58\u5ba2\u3002\u6211\u4eec\u7684\u4eba\uff0c\u53e6\u4e00\u65b9\u9762\uff0c\u5173\u5fc3\u5b8c\u5168\u3002\u5982\u6b64\u53e4\u8001\u7684\u6218\u6597\u53c8\u5f00\u59cb\u5728\u6ce2\u6258\u9a6c\u514b\u6cb3\u3002\u53ea\u8981\u4eba\u80fd\u8fc7\u53bb\uff0c\u4ed6\u4eec\u5f7c\u6b64\uff0c\u4eba\u4e0e\u81ea\u7136\uff1b\u4e00\u4e2a\u6ca1\u6709\u5584\u6076\u7684\u533a\u522b\uff0c\u4ee3\u7406\u6ca1\u6709\u539f\u5219\uff0c\u6ca1\u6709\u63d0\u4f9b\u751f\u547d\u7ebf\uff1b\u5176\u4ed6\u5b8c\u5168\u533a\u522b\uff0c\u539f\u5219\u548c\uff0c\u4e5f\u8bb8\uff0c\u4fe1\u4ef0\u3002
Since it was he who lost the fight, we ought to come again to the conclusion that people are powerless in the world. In reality, we believe the opposite, and it takes the act of the man in the water to remind us of our true feelings in this matter. It is not to say that everyone would have acted as he did, or as Usher, Windsor and Skutnik. Yet whatever moved these men to challenge death on behalf of their fellows is not peculiar to them. Everyone feels the possibility in himself. That is the enduring wonder of the story. That is why we would not let go of it. If the man in the water gave a lifeline to the people gasping for survival, he was likewise giving a lifeline to those who watched him. \u56e0\u4e3a\u8fd9\u662f\u4ed6\u8f93\u4e86\uff0c\u6211\u4eec\u5e94\u8be5\u6765\u518d\u6b21\u5230\u4e16\u754c\u7684\u7ed3\u8bba\u662f\uff0c\u4eba\u4eec\u90fd\u65e0\u80fd\u4e3a\u529b\u3002\u5728\u73b0\u5b9e\u4e2d\uff0c\u6211\u4eec\u76f8\u4fe1\u76f8\u53cd\uff0c\u548c\u5b83\u5728\u6c34\u4e2d\u7537\u5b50\u63d0\u9192\u6211\u4eec\uff0c\u6211\u4eec\u5728\u8fd9\u4ef6\u4e8b\u7684\u771f\u5b9e\u611f\u60c5\u7684\u884c\u4e3a\u3002\u5b83\u5e76\u4e0d\u662f\u8bf4\u6bcf\u4e2a\u4eba\u4f1a\u91c7\u53d6\u884c\u52a8\u50cf\u4ed6\u90a3\u6837\uff0c\u6216\u4f5c\u4e3a\u8fce\u6765\u3001 \u6e29\u838e\u548c Skutnik\u3002\u7136\u800c\u65e0\u8bba\u79fb\u52a8\u8fd9\u4e9b\u6311\u6218\u6b7b\u4ea1\u540c\u4f34\u7684\u4ee3\u8868\u4eba\u4e0d\u662f\u4ed6\u4eec\u6240\u7279\u6709\u3002\u6bcf\u4e2a\u4eba\u90fd\u89c9\u5f97\u81ea\u5df1\u7684\u53ef\u80fd\u6027\u3002\u8fd9\u5c31\u662f\u6545\u4e8b\u7684\u6301\u4e45\u7684\u5947\u8ff9\u3002\u8fd9\u5c31\u662f\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48\u6211\u4eec\u4e0d\u613f\u653e\u624b\u7684\u5b83\u3002\u5982\u679c\u5728\u6c34\u4e2d\u7684\u4eba\u4e3a\u751f\u5b58\u7684\u4eba\u7ed9\u4e86\u4e00\u6761\u751f\u547d\u7ebf\uff0c\u4ed6\u540c\u6837\u770b\u7740\u4ed6\u7684\u4eba\u7ed9\u4e00\u6761\u751f\u547d\u7ebf\u3002
The odd thing is that we do not even really believe that the man in the water lost his fight. \u201cEverything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature.\u201d said Emerson. Exactly. The man In the water had his own natural powers. He could not make ice storms, or freeze the water until it froze the blood. But he could hand life over to a stranger, and that is a power of nature too. The man in the water set himself against an immovable, impersonal enemy; he fought it with kindness and he held it to a standoff. He was the best we can do. \u5947\u602a\u7684\u662f\u6211\u4eec\u4e0d\u751a\u81f3\u771f\u7684\u76f8\u4fe1\u5728\u6c34\u4e2d\u7684\u4eba\u5931\u53bb\u4e86\u4ed6\u7684\u6597\u4e89\u3002\u7231\u9ed8\u751f\u8bf4\uff0c"\u5927\u81ea\u7136\u4e2d\u6240\u6709\u5305\u542b\u81ea\u7136\u7684\u6240\u6709\u6743\u529b"\u3002\u5b8c\u5168\u4e00\u6837\u3002\u5728\u6c34\u4e2d\u7684\u4eba\u6709\u4ed6\u81ea\u5df1\u5929\u7136\u7684\u6743\u529b\u3002\u4ed6\u65e0\u6cd5\u4f7f\u51b0\u98ce\u66b4\uff0c\u6216\u51bb\u7ed3\u6c34\uff0c\u76f4\u5230\u5b83\u6bdb\u9aa8\u609a\u7136\u3002\u4ed6\u80fd\u628a\u751f\u547d\u4ea4\u7ed9\u4e00\u4e2a\u964c\u751f\u4eba\uff0c\u800c\u8fd9\u4e5f\u662f\u4e00\u79cd\u6743\u529b\u7684\u6027\u8d28\u3002\u5728\u6c34\u4e2d\u7684\u4eba\u4e3a\u81ea\u5df1\u8bbe\u5b9a\u4e86\u5bf9\u4e0d\u52a8\u4ea7\u3001 \u975e\u4eba\u683c\u5316\u7684\u654c\u4eba \uff1b\u5435\u67b6\u7684\u597d\u610f\uff0c\u4ed6\u8ba4\u4e3a\u5b83\u65b9\u50f5\u6301\u4e0d\u4e0b\u3002\u4ed6\u662f\u6211\u4eec\u80fd\u505a\u7684\u6700\u597d\u3002

The Man in the Water As disasters go, this one was terrible, but not unique. certainly not among the worst of the roster of U.S. air crashes. There was the unusual element of the bridge. of course, and the fact that the plane clipped it at a moment of high traffic, one routine thus intersecting another and disrupting both. Then, too, there was the location of the event. Washington, the city of form and regulations, turned chaotic, deregulated. by a blast of real winter and a single slap of metal on metal. The jets from Washington National Airport that normally swoop around the presidential monuments like famished gulls are, for the moment, emblemized by the one that fell: so there Is that detail. And there was the aesthetic clash as well\u2014blue-and-green Air Florida, the name a flying garden, sunk down among gray chunks in a black river. All that was worth noticing. to be sure. Still, there was nothing very special in any of it, except death, which, while always special, does not necessarily bring millions to tears or to attention. Why, then, the shock here? Perhaps because the nation saw in this disaster something more than a mechanical failure. Perhaps because people saw in it no failure at all, but rather something successful about their makeup. Here, after all, were two forms of nature in collision: the elements and human character. Last Wednesday. the elements, indifferent as ever, brought down Flight 90. And on that same afternoon, human nature\u2014groping and flailing in mysteries of its own\u2014rose to the occasion. Of the four acknowledged heroes of the event, three are able to account for their behavior. Donald Usher and Eugene Windsor. a park police helicopter team, risked their lives every time they dipped the skids into the water to pick up survivors. On television, side by side in bright blue jump-suits. they described their courage as all in the line of duty. Lenny Skutnik, a 28-year-old employee of the Congressional Budget Office, said: \u201cit\u2019s something I never thought I would do\u201d\u2014referring to his jumping into the water to drag an injured woman to shore. Skutnik added that somebody had to go in the water,\u201d delivering every hem\u2019s line that is no less admirable for Its repetitions. In fact, nobody had to go into the water. That somebody actually did so Is part of the reason this particular tragedy sticks in the mind. But the person most responsible for the emotional impact of the disaster is the one known at first simply as \u201cthe man in the water.\u201d (Balding, probably in his 50s, an extravagant mustache.) He was seen clinging with five other survivors to the tail section of the airplane. This man was described by Usher and Windsor as appearing alert and in control. Every time they lowered a lifeline and flotation ring to him, he passed it on to another of the passengers. In a mass casualty, you\u2019ll find people like him.\u201d said Windsor. \u201cBut I\u2019ve never seen one with that commitment.\u201d When the helicopter came back for him, the man had gone under. His selflessness was one reason the story held national attention; his anonymity another. The fact that he went unidentified invested him with a universal character. For a while he was Everyman, and thus proof (as if one needed it) that no man is ordinary. Still, he could never have imagined such a capacity in himself. Only minutes before his character was tested, he was sitting in the ordinary plane among the ordinary passengers, dutifully listening to the stewardess telling him to fasten his seat belt and saying something about the \u201cno smoking sign.\u201d So our man relaxed with the others, some of whom would owe their lives to him. Perhaps he started to read, or to doze, or to regret some harsh remark made in the office that morning. Then suddenly he knew that the trip would not be ordinary. Like every other person on that flight, he was desperate to live, which makes his final act so stunning. For at some moment in the water he must have realized that he would not live if he continued to hand over the rope and ring to others. He had to know it, no matter how gradual the effect of the cold. In his judgment he had no choice. When the helicopter took off with what was to be the last survivor, he watched everything In the world move away from him, and he deliberately let it happen. Yet there was something else about the man that kept our thoughts on him, and which keeps our thoughts on him still. He was there. in the essential, classic circumstance. Man in nature. The man in the water. For its part, nature cared nothing about the five passengers. Our man, on the other hand, cared totally. So tire timeless battle commenced In the Potomac. For as long as that man could last. they went at each other, nature and man: the one making no distinctions of good and evil, acting on no principles, offering no lifelines; the other acting wholly on distinctions, principles and, one supposes, on faith. Since it was he who lost the fight. we ought to come again to the conclusion that people are powerless in the world. In reality, we believe the reverse, and it takes the act of the man in the water to remind us of our true feelings in this matter. It is not to say that everyone would have acted as he did, or as Usher, Windsor and Skutnik. Yet whatever moved these men to challenge death on behalf of their fellows is not peculiar to them. Everyone feels the possibility in himself that is the abiding wonder of the story. That is why we would not let go of it. If the man in the water gave a lifeline to the people gasping for survival, he was likewise giving a lifeline to those who observed him. The odd thing is that we do not even really believe that the man in the water lost his fight. \u201cEverything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature.\u201d said Emerson. Exactly. So the man In the water had his own natural powers. He could not make ice storms, or freeze the water until it froze the blood. But he could hand life over to a stranger. and that is a power of nature too. The man in the water pitted himself against an implacable, impersonal enemy\u201d, he fought it with charity\u2019, and he held it to a standoff. He was the best we can do. Roger Rosenblatt, \u201cThe Man in the Water,\u201d Time (January 25. 1982): 86. C) COPYRIGHT, The Center for Learning. Used with permission. Not for resale.

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