"These are not X-Men," Stewart said.
「這些並非X戰警,」史都華說道。
"They are anything but superheroes.
「他們絕非超級英雄。
They are merely ordinary mortals who made a choice — and that choice is this: 'I will stand alongside people at their most wretched moments.
他們不過是作出了抉擇的凡夫俗子——而那抉擇便是:『我願在人們最不堪的時刻與之相伴。
Whatever ensues, let it come.
無論後續如何,任其發生。
Yet this is precisely what I am resolved to do.'"
但這正是我決意要行之事。』」
His unwavering support for the first responders of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks drove him, in 2019, to embark indignantly on a lobbying campaign and testify before Congress in order to ensure that the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund would not be depleted.
他對2001年9月11日恐怖攻擊急救人員的堅定支持,驅使他在2019年憤而展開遊說並赴國會作證,以確保9/11受害者賠償基金不致枯竭。
He pressed for the elimination of a loophole in the PACT Act, a loophole that had left American service members exposed to radiation during the war in Afghanistan without medical coverage.
他力促消除《PACT法案》中的一項漏洞,該漏洞致使在阿富汗戰爭中暴露於輻射的美軍缺乏醫療保險。
Such support has remained unflagging to this day, for on Friday he announced that he would once again preside over the First Responders Children's Foundation's "Roll Call of Heroes" ceremony, to be held on October 28 in New York's Times Square, in commemoration of National First Responders Day.
此般支持至今未曾間斷,因為他週五宣布,他將再度主持第一急救人員兒童基金會於10月28日在紐約時報廣場舉行的「英雄點名」儀式,以紀念全國急救人員日。
"You get to come face-to-face with the honorees, offer them a word of praise, and meet young people who are genuinely committed to community affairs," he remarked.
「你能夠與那些備受表彰者直面相對,向他們致以一句『好樣的』,並結識真正投身社區事務的年輕人,」他表示。
"It is always a good thing to be able to reach the very foundations that underpin all of this."
「能夠觸及支撐這一切的根基,始終是件好事。」
"His advocacy on behalf of first responders — particularly his efforts for those battling 9/11-related illnesses — makes him the perfect host for this annual event," she said.
「他對急救人員的倡議——尤其是為那些與9/11相關疾病抗爭者所付出的心力——使他成為這一年度活動的完美主持人,」她說。
"As the only national nonprofit organization dedicated exclusively to the children of first responders, we firmly believe that shining a spotlight on their parents — the heroes who serve our communities day in and day out — is a powerful way to express our gratitude."
「作為唯一專門致力於急救人員子女的全國性非營利組織,我們深信,聚焦於他們的父母——那些日復一日服務我們社區的英雄——正是表達感謝的有力方式。」
If we fail to care for those who care for us, this reveals a deep-seated, fundamental flaw in the scaffolding you erect when constructing a society.
倘若我們未能眷顧那些眷顧我們的人,這便昭示了你在建構社會時所架設的腳手架中存在著一個深層的根本缺陷。
It is patently obvious that in the aftermath of 9/11, you will witness just how fragile this experiment is without those who are willing to rush toward the point of collapse.
顯而易見,歷經9/11之後,你會目睹,倘若沒有那些甘願奔赴崩塌之處的人,這個實驗是何等脆弱。
I believe this, compounded by anger at a political system that is only too eager to praise them when it needs them and only too eager to discard them once they are no longer in the spotlight—I think this has generated momentum.
我認為,這再加上對政治體制的憤怒——這個體制在需要他們時極願讚揚他們,而在他們不再成為焦點時又極願拋棄他們——我想這創造了動力。
This is precisely what they do upon arriving at the scene.
這恰似他們抵達現場時所為。
You are, in effect, triaging urgent needs against matters that can be deferred.
你近乎是在分診緊急需求與尚可緩議之事。
And I would argue that children who have lost both parents in a tragedy of this kind are, as it were, your foremost triage case.
而我以為,於此類悲劇中喪失雙親的孩子,彷彿是你首要的分診事件。
Frankly, to throw yourself into it—even though you may well hear of further grief—is, I believe, in some measure a consolation for that very anguish.
坦白說,投身其中,縱使你或將聽聞更多悲慟,我以為在某種程度上,這實則是對那份苦楚的一種慰藉。
Action seems to be the antidote to that sense of helplessness and anxiety.
行動彷彿是對那份無助感與焦慮感的解藥。
Generally speaking, there exists a quiet form of activism, and that is simply to live well.
一般而言,存在著一種靜默的積極作為,那便是好好地生活。
What I mean is that you go about your life, striving to be the finest neighbour, citizen, and individual you are capable of becoming.
我的意思是,你過你的日子,竭力成為你所能成為的最好的鄰居、公民與個人。
The causes I have devoted myself to have, to some extent, emerged organically.
我所投身的事業,某種程度上是有機地浮現的。
I want to make certain that when I commit to something, I do so wholeheartedly — that it is not merely charity tourism.
我想確保當我投身於某件事時,我會徹底投入——那不是慈善觀光。
I want it to be something to which I can give myself entirely, and where what I have to offer is something they can actually put to use.
我希望那是我能全然奉獻的事,而且我所能提供的,是他們所能運用的。