Mountain Rescue | 山中救援

English Original

When 78-year-old Ruth Hagan visited her daughter Judy and granddaughter Marcy in California, they drove their Bronco forty zigzagging miles up a treacherous mountain road to their remote cabin.

After dinner, teenage Marcy took the Bronco down the narrow cliffside road to fetch water. Watching from the window, Judy suddenly screamed: Marcy had driven over the edge. Judy sprinted from the cabin, with Ruth struggling to follow in the fading dusk.

Ruth soon lost sight of her daughter. She stopped, calling out into the darkness. Judy's voice answered from just off the path—she too had slipped over the cliff edge while searching for Marcy. Judy urged her mother to return to the cabin and call for a helicopter rescue.

Exhausted and in chest pain, Ruth stumbled on the return journey. Desperate, she prayed for help. Suddenly, a powerful surge of energy filled her. She ran back to the cabin with renewed strength and dialed 911, but couldn't explain their location.

Ruth grabbed a walking stick and raced back into the darkness to find Judy. Using the stick, she managed to pull her injured daughter back up the cliff. Together, they returned to the cabin, contacted rescuers, and guided them to the site.

After a 3.5-hour operation, Marcy was freed from the wreckage at the bottom of the ravine and airlifted to the hospital with serious injuries. The next day, the sheriff told Marcy, "That mountain didn't beat you."

Ruth knew they had not been beaten. That night, a guiding presence had breathed strength into her frail body, protecting them all.


中文翻译

七十八岁的露丝·哈根在加州探望女儿朱迪和孙女玛西时,三人驾驶着Bronco越野车,在蜿蜒险峻的山路上行驶了四十英里,才抵达他们偏远的小木屋。

晚餐后,少女玛西开着车沿着狭窄的悬崖路去取水。朱迪从窗口望去,突然尖叫起来:玛西连人带车冲下了悬崖。朱迪冲出小屋,露丝则在渐暗的暮色中艰难地追赶。

露丝很快就不见了女儿的踪影。她停下脚步,向黑暗中呼喊。朱迪的声音从路边传来——她在寻找玛西时也不慎滑落了悬崖。朱迪催促母亲返回小屋呼叫直升机救援。

在返回途中,精疲力尽、胸口疼痛的露丝摔倒了。绝望中,她祈祷帮助。突然,一股强大的能量充满了她。她重新焕发力量跑回小屋,拨打了911,却无法说清他们的具体位置。

露丝抓起一根手杖,再次冲进黑暗寻找朱迪。借助手杖,她将受伤的女儿拉上了悬崖。两人一同返回小屋,联系上救援人员,并引导他们到达了现场。

经过三个半小时的营救,玛西终于从谷底的车辆残骸中被救出,因伤势严重被空运到医院。第二天,警长对玛西说:“那座山没有打败你。”

露丝知道她们没有被击败。那天晚上,一股指引的力量将力量注入她衰老的身体,保护了她们所有人。

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