VOA标准英语2012--Film Recounts Cantor Fitzgerald's 9/11 Tragic Losses, Recovery
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(九月)
Film Recounts Cantor Fitzgerald's 9/11 Tragic 1 Losses, Recovery
Television cameras captured the imploding 2 towers. But the images do not show the almost 1,000 children of Cantor Fitzgerald employees who lost parents. Nor the 38 pregnant wives who became widows.
Doug Gardner was one of those who perished. His sister, film director Danielle Gardner, honors him in her new documentary about the firm’s tragedy. It's called "Out of the Clear Blue Sky."
“I kind of wanted people to hear a brother-sister relationship, which is just defined by generosity 3 and kindness, and hopefully hear love, and realize that’s what’s been lost,” Gardner said.
Cantor Fitzgerald's CEO Howard Lutnick survived the attacks because he was out of the office that day. But his brother died. Lutnick speaks of the bond that developed among relatives of the deceased.
“They were amazed to find other people with children just like theirs. So they were able to help heal their broken hearts by being with others who could listen to them, who could hear them,” Lutnick said.
As the ruins smoldered 4, families held out hope that their loved ones had survived. Lutnick vowed 5 to help the victims' families, but then, in what was seen as cold-hearted, he stopped paychecks to the families of those who died. That move, he says, helped the firm survive so he could fulfill 6 his promise to the families.
“We have two choices. We can shut the firm, go to our friends’ funerals - 658 funerals. That’s 20 a day for 35 days in a row. Or we’re going to work harder than we’ve ever worked before in order to help our friends' families,” Lutnick said.
Today, Cantor Fitzgerald, located uptown from Ground Zero, is thriving, with 1,700 employees, 700 more than it had a decade ago.
The firm has donated more than $180 million to families of victims.
New buildings are rising in the World Trade Center complex but Cantor Fitzgerald has no plans to return there.
Danielle Gardner says what was lost cannot be replaced.
“The buildings had people inside of them and I had been there, I spent time there, and I knew there was a world in there and a life and thousands and thousands of lives there on a daily basis. People worked there. It was a living entity 7 inside,” Gardner said.
The names of the nearly 3,000 victims of the September 11 attacks are etched into parapets that surround cascading 8 pools where the Twin Towers once stood.
Howard Lutnick fought to have the 658 names of his Cantor Fitzgerald colleagues grouped together. They will remain together forever.
- The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
- Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。
- He has nightmares about the tanks imploding. 他老是做油箱爆炸的噩梦。 来自辞典例句
- Just like silver stars imploding we absorb the light of day. 身披白昼之圣光光没银星俱裂亡。 来自互联网
- We should match their generosity with our own.我们应该像他们一样慷慨大方。
- We adore them for their generosity.我们钦佩他们的慷慨。
- The conflict that smoldered between Aunt Addie and me flared openly. 艾迪小姨和我之间闷在心里的冲突突然公开化了。 来自辞典例句
- After the surrender, an ever-present feud over the horse smoldered between Scarlett and Suellen. 投降以后，思嘉和苏伦之间一直存在的关于那骑马的急论眼看就要爆发了。 来自飘（部分）
- He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
- I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
- If you make a promise you should fulfill it.如果你许诺了，你就要履行你的诺言。
- This company should be able to fulfill our requirements.这家公司应该能够满足我们的要求。
- The country is no longer one political entity.这个国家不再是一个统一的政治实体了。
- As a separate legal entity,the corporation must pay taxes.作为一个独立的法律实体，公司必须纳税。