参加吃煎饼大赛被噎死，这位20岁女大学生真不幸！.

2017-08-14 作者： 210阅读

　　A college student whose father was killed in the Sept. 11 attacks has died after choking during a pancake-eating contest.

　　近日，一名大学生在参加一场吃煎饼比赛时被噎死，而她的父亲则是9.11恐怖袭击事件中的遇难者。

　　Police said 20-year-old Caitlin Nelson died at a NewYork City hospital last Sunday, three days after participating in the contest at Sacred Heart University.

　　据警方透露，这名20岁、名叫凯特琳·尼尔森的女大学生，于上周日在纽约一家医院去世。在去世前3天，她曾在圣心大学参加吃煎饼比赛。

　　She was from Clark, New Jersey, and was a junior majoring in social work at the Roman Catholic school in Fairfield.

　　来自新泽西州克拉克的她，生前是费尔菲尔德市这所罗马天主教学校社工专业的一名大三学生。

　　"It's a tragic event that started out as something fun," said Fairfield police Lt. Bob Kalamaras. "It was just a tragic accident."

　　费尔菲尔德市警察鲍勃·卡拉马拉斯表示：“本来是挺有意思的一件事，最后却以悲剧收场。这是个悲剧性的意外事件。”

　　When Nelson started choking at the contest, two nursing students who were there immediatelybegan lifesaving measures and were quickly joined by police officers and paramedics, Kalamarassaid.

　　卡拉马拉斯称，事发时，凯特琳在比赛中噎住了，两名在场的护士专业学生立即采取了急救措施，警方和医护人员也很快赶到现场。

　　She was taken to a hospital in Bridgeport in critical but stable condition and transferred toNew York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center.

　　随后，凯特琳被送往布里奇波特的一家医院，病情严重但是情况稳定，并于随后被送往纽约长老会医院/哥伦比亚大学医疗中心。

　　Several thousand people gathered on the Sacred Heart campus last Sunday night to rememberNelson, A Mass dedicated to her was followed by an impromptu candlelight vigil.

　　上周日晚，数万人聚集在圣心大学，来缅怀尼尔森的离世，并举办了烛光守夜活动为她祈祷。

　　Nelson's father, James Nelson, was a Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police officerkilled in the Sept. 11 attacks in Manhattan.

　　凯特琳的父亲詹姆斯·尼尔森曾是纽约和新泽西港务局的一名警察，于9.11恐怖袭击中在曼哈顿遇难。

　　The 40-year-old was killed while trying to rescue people trapped in the World Trade Center. Hisobituary said he was survived by two daughters, 11-year-old Anne and 5-year-old Caitlin.

　　当时，这位40岁的男子为了营救被困于世贸中心的民众而去世。他的讣告上写着，他的生命将由11岁的安妮和5岁的凯特琳延续下去。