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今天,李文亮去世一周年!
作者:兰陵笑侠 来源:燕梳财经
李文亮医生去世整整1周年。
恍若隔世。一年前的那个夜晚,很多人很多人热泪成行,彻夜未眠。
伤心、压抑、难受、悲愤······
犹巨石压顶,似惊雷未炸。
一粒微尘,重重地落在李文亮头上。
说不清,是最痛的惩罚,还是最善的怜悯。
时运奖赏了他的灵魂,却无情地带走了他的肉身。
一双明亮的眼睛,一个诚实的灵魂,一位至仁的医者。
李文亮是人民心中的好人,国家认定的烈士。
仅仅去世一周年,我们没有理由那么快遗忘。
这个时代,仍然需要以理性、坚强且坦荡的情怀,向李文亮致敬致祭。
一敬其烈。
“好名义不仕进者,世谓之烈士。”
死节、徇名,方为烈士。
文亮之烈,恰如其实。
哨音被淹没,真相没有掩埋;
预警被忽略,气节没有损耗。
一个健康的社会,不应该只有一种声音。
明明人声鼎沸,不敢装聋作哑。
李文亮的意义在于唤醒,唤醒每个人内心自然而真实的意志表达。
一个人、一辈子,大胆做一件有意义的事就够了。
祭奠李文亮的刚烈,也是祭奠人性中最高贵的品质。
是弯腰匍匐卑微苟活,还是昂起头颅浩然正气?
相信,每个人都会勇敢地作出选择。
二祭其友。
李文亮不是一个人在战斗。
加上他,遭训诫的有8名医生。
除了他,武汉中心医院眼科殉职的还有梅仲明、朱和平医生。
一个科室牺牲3名医生意味着什么?
今年急诊科艾芬主任,不得不到私立的爱尔眼科去做手术。
那场战斗倒下的,还有张静静、梁小霞护士,以及其他普通的医护工作者。
从共同的伤痛,到齐崇的高尚,李文亮们越来越抽象为一种精神。
这种精神以其惨烈与朴素,再次彰显了可贵的民族脊梁。
祭奠李文亮,也是祭奠那些痴痴的理想主义者。
他们把真诚、善良、博爱、勤奋发挥到极致,牺牲自我成就这一世繁华。
他们用辛劳、泪水和血汗,直至用生命点燃时代之光。
他们留下的财富,无法用金钱、名誉来衡量。
事了拂衣去,深藏身与名。
这些人的名字终将被淡忘,可是他们洒下的光辉已照亮人间。
三悯其悲。
世上所有东西都可压抑,唯悲伤不可压抑。
为同类而亡的悲伤,是动物的本能,惶论于人。
我们怀念李文亮,亦如怀念熟悉的亲人朋友。
因为他的阳光朴实,他对生活的无比热爱。
对父母妻儿的责任,同样是李文亮天大的担当。
一不小心顶天立地,远不如踏实做儿子、做丈夫、做父亲更美好留恋。
人生如有选项,相信他会另有抉择。
毫无犹豫扯掉这英雄的冠冕,换回自己平凡普通的生命。
因为,生命里有许许多多不愿被惊扰的美好。
李文亮去世第126天,次子降生。
这个可怜的孩子,有位英雄的父亲,却摸不到父亲的脸庞,听不到父亲的声音。
当孩子追问:爸爸去哪儿了?
希望能有人眼含热泪地告诉他:
你的爸爸是个大英雄,他曾尝试拯救地球!
死生,昼夜事也。
武汉的樱花,开了又败。
李文亮去世后这一年,发生了许多事情。
无论出现什么改变,每当仰望星空,都愈加笃定对未来的信念。
一个月前,有人说不能以任何方式消费李文亮。
作为英雄,在他去世周年的日子,略表敬忱怀念总不算过分吧。
我们不去怀念,就有人敢污蔑谩骂。
我们不去怀念,就有人会选择性遗忘。
纪念李文亮医生去世一周年
作者:李微敖 来源:资浅记者
今天,我必须得写点什么了,因为,今天,2021年2月6日,是李文亮医生去世整整一周年的日子。
尽管官家宣布他去世的时间是2020年2月7日凌晨2点58分,但在我的认知里,在我们于他的抢救现场所见所闻,于多个渠道的采访中,我坚持认为,李医生在2020年2月6日晚上,就已经不幸离开了人世。
我始终忘不了那一天,2020年2月6日晚上9点多钟,我在社交媒体上看到有人讲,李医生已经去世了。
我一边赶紧叫上同事下楼,开车往武汉市中心医院赶——此前的一天,我们已经从北京到武汉来做疫情的采访报道了;一边立即向一位非常可靠的朋友求证此事。
朋友确认李医生去世属实,朋友还说,李医生的瞳孔已经扩散了……
我是完全靠着导航开车去中心医院的,路上一个大拐弯处,走错了车道,逆行了得有一公里左右,才觉得越来越不对,于是赶紧掉头——还好那些天武汉的街面上车很少很少,在我们逆行的时间里,对面只开过来一辆车。
到武汉市中心医院时,是晚上10点来钟,没有想象中的人群涌动,更没有见到情绪激动的人们。
四处都是静悄悄的,哪怕偶尔有人经过,也是几乎静默的。
我们凑巧地很快找到了李医生身处的抢救病房RICU(呼吸重症监护病房)。在门外等了好一会儿,没有什么动静。
(2020年2月6日晚的武汉市中心医院 李微敖 摄)
我们又往其他楼层找找看,在其他楼层遇到了不少医生和护士。他们说,知道李医生去世了,时间是在当天晚上9点30分左右。
这些医生和护士还很友善地斥责我们,说我们的个人防护措施做得太差了——我的口罩虽然戴了两个,但遮盖得很不严密;同事则是头发露出来了——“这里是病毒严重污染区,你们这样是不想活了吧?!”
他们用的词语很严重。
我们又回到RICU门口,这时那里已经站着一位年轻的女孩子。
交谈之下,我们得知,她是李医生的同事,也是最好的朋友之一。
她自己也确诊感染了新冠病毒,正在治疗中。
这位女孩子说,李医生还在RICU里抢救,她要在最近的距离里等着消息。
期间她不断接到电话,电话那头的人担心她的安全。她说,“我不怕,我已经感染了,有抗体了。”
到了2月6日晚上11点多,接近12点的时候,那女孩子突然哭了。
因为RICU病房里传出来消息,尽管他们多方努力,李医生还是走了……
那几个小时里,我也不断地接到电话和微信的问询,从全国各地,乃至身处国外的朋友们。
问李医生情况的人,有几位在我原来认知里是属于“非常沉稳”、“喜怒不形于色”的体制内相当级别的官员。
那个晚上,我感受到了他们的激动,他们的愤怒。
陆陆续续有一些其他媒体的同行过来了。
因为大家都戴着护目镜、包裹在防护服里,因为认不出来究竟都有谁。
貌似武汉市中心医院的行政人员也过来了,他们试图让我们离开,但大家都没有走。
我们想等等看,官家到底什么时候宣布李医生去世;我们也想等等看,李医生的遗体,是否会从RICU里推出来。
但是,到了2月7日凌晨2点左右,我有些等不下去了,因为疲惫、困乏,也因为冷——那几天的武汉,天气很冷很冷。
我和同事决定离开,我们下了一层楼,突然间,我觉得还有事情没有做。
于是又返回,在李医生的病房门外,鞠了三个躬。
这一幕,被财新的摄影记者丁刚拍下来了——他最初以为我们是李医生的同事。
我则是后来才晓得,有同行拍下了我们。
那张照片这一年来流传比较广,一瞬间的巧合,甚至是误会,竟然也成了这段历史的一个小小的纪念……
(我和同事在李医生病房前鞠躬,不成想,一瞬间的巧合,成了这段历史的一个小小的纪念。丁刚 摄)
出了武汉市中心医院的大楼,我突然情绪激动,对着空旷旷的大街,黑洞洞的建筑,大骂了好几句脏话,似乎是为了发泄心中的抑郁和愤怒。
回酒店的途中,我看到路边有一条横幅,“白衣天使们,我们等你们平安回家”。
我踩下刹车,拍下了这照片,感慨万分。
(2020年2月7日凌晨,离开武汉市中心医院返回住所途中所见。李微敖 摄)
2月7日凌晨3点多,武汉市中心医院终于通过他们的官方微博宣布,李医生去世了。
在随后的几天里,我几乎每天都会去武汉市中心医院转一转、看一看。
前来悼念李医生的人络绎不绝,医院楼下摆满了鲜花。
还有人在医院楼下吹起了口哨,我录下了他们的视频。
迄今听起这哨声,仍然觉得,凄厉、撕裂……
李文亮去世,已经整整一年了。
他的去世,无疑是一个巨大的悲剧。
但这个悲剧,也不全是无意义的。
因为,他的去世让相当多数的中国人,包括其他国家的一些人们,对新冠病毒的危害,更加警醒;
他的去世,也让官家、有权者们,看到了“人心向背”,感受到了“民意难违”。
更有李医生留下的那句话:
“一个健康的社会不应该只有一种声音”
——这本身就是我们从事“真正的新闻”工作的意义所在。
再多说几句:
我是一个“无神论者”,我不会问,李医生,你在天堂还好么?
我关心、想知道,李医生的家人们的近况如何。
他的爸爸妈妈,身体还好么?
他的妻子,还有两个儿子,一个现在已经6岁了,另外一个是2020年6月12日出生的,快8个月了,现在怎么样了?
他的妻子,还很年轻,并且不管她是否年轻,不要被“英雄的妻子”这样的名声所“绑架”。
如果遇到合适的契机,她应该拥有新的生活。
她的家人、外界,应该理解她、支持她的自由的选择。
我们能够做的、要做的,就是祝福他们,不去打扰他们。
但如果他们需要帮助时,我们定会倾力而为。
谨以此纪念李文亮医生去世一周年。
50. All you can do is to try your best. Even with those small steps, you're closer to your goal than you were yesterday. 我们能做的只是拼尽全力,即使迈出的步子再小,也比昨天要更接近自己的目标。51. A smile is the shortest distance between two people. 微笑是人与人之间最短的距离。52. Do or do not. There is no try. 要么做,要么滚!没有试试看这一说。53. Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow. 勇气就是虽感恐惧,但仍会前行。54. A man can be destroyed but not defeated. 人可以被毁灭,但不可以被打败。55. A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery while on a detour. 真正快乐的人是那种在走弯路时也不忘享受风景的人。56. No dream is too big, and no dreamer is too small. 梦想再大也不嫌大,追梦的人再小也不嫌小。57. It doesn't matter how many times you fail. What matters is how many times you stand up and try again. 失败多少次不重要,重要的是你能重新站起来多少次,并且继续前行。58. Silence is the most powerful cry. 沉默是最有力的呐喊。《美丽人生》 59. A little consideration, a little thought for others makes all the difference. 一点点体贴,一点点为他人着想,会让一切都不一样。60. Stop waiting for things to happen.Go out and make them happen. 别指望事情会自然发生,行动起来,让它们变成可能!61. Don't look forward to tomorrow, don't miss yesterday, to grasp today. 不憧憬明天,不留念昨天,只把握今天。62. Now we don't call it alive. It's just not to die. 我们现在不叫活着,这只是没有死去。《疯狂原始人》 63. You can change your life if you want to. Sometimes you have to be hard on yourself, but you can change it completely. 有志者事竟成。有时虽劳其筋骨,但命运可以彻底改变。《唐顿庄园》 64. Time will bring a surprise, if you believe. 时间会带来惊喜,如果你相信的话。《浮生物语》 65. What others think is not important . How you feel about yourself is all that matters. 别人怎么想并不重要,你怎么看自己才是关键。66. Don't cry because it is over,smile because it happened. 不要因为结束而哭泣,微笑吧,因为你曾经拥有。67. Tomorrow is never clear. Our time is here. 明天是未知的,我们还是享受此刻吧!《摇滚夏令营》 68. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. 生活要么大胆尝试,要么什么都不是。69. Pursue excellence and success will follow. 追求卓越,成功自然来。《三傻大闹宝莱坞》 70. Climb mountains not so the world can see you, but so you can see the world. 爬上山顶并不是为了让全世界看到你,而是让你看到整个世界。71. Every step towards your dream today is a step away from your regret tomorrow. 今日为梦想所付出的每一份努力都会减少明日的一份后悔。72. It's never too late to be what you might have been. 勇敢做自己,永远都不迟。(乔治·艾略特) 73. It's time to start living the life you've imagined. 是时候开始过自己想要的生活了!95. How can men succumb to force? 男人怎么能屈服于“武力”之下?《海贼王》 96. Life is like live TV show. There is no rehearsal. 人生没有彩排,只有现场直播。97. Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman. 穿着破旧,人们记住衣服;穿着无瑕,人们则记住衣服里的女人。(Coco Chanel) 98. Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies. 希望是一件好事,也许是人间至善,而美好的事永不消逝。《肖申克的救赎》 99. There are so many beautiful reasons to be happy. 有太多太多美好的理由让你笑对生活。100. Where the more different you are, the better. 你们之间越是不同,越好。(Glee) 101. I'm only brave when I have to be. Being brave doesn't mean you go looking for trouble. 我只在必要时才勇敢,勇敢并不代表你要到处闯祸。《狮子王》 102. Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years. 每个牛B的成功者都经历过苦B的岁月。(鲍博.布朗) 103. If you want something done, do it yourself. 靠谁都不如靠自己。《第五元素》 104. Life is a wonderful journey. Make it your journey and not someone else's. 生命是一段精彩旅程,要活的有自己的样子,而不是别人的影子。105. No matter how many mistakes you make or how slowly you progress, you are already ahead of those who never tried. 无论你犯了多少错,或者进步得有多慢,你都走在了那些不曾尝试的人的前面。106. Some things are so important that they force us to overcome our fears. 总有些更重要的事情,赋予我们打败恐惧的勇气。107. Say to yourself: "No matter how many obstacles I encounter in life, I will do all that I can to complete the whole course." 请对自己说:无论生活之路上会遇到多少障碍,我会竭尽所能地跑完这一程。108. No cross, no crown. 不经历风雨,怎么见彩虹。109. Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. 与其努力成功,不如努力成为有价值的人。(爱因斯坦) 110. Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even. 记住:当人生很苦逼的时候,你要保持淡定。111. If you're brave enough to say GOODBYE, life will reward you with a new HELLO. 只要你勇敢地说出再见,生活一定会给你一个新的开始。112. Sometimes the right path is not the easiest one. 对的那条路,往往不是最好走的。113. Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live. 只要相信自己,你就会懂得如何去生活。114. In life it's not where you go. It's who you travel with. 生命中,重要的不是你去哪里,而是与谁同行。115. Life is like a rainbow. You don't always know what's on the other side, but you know it's there. 生活像一道彩虹,你不知道另一端通向哪里,但你会知道,它总是在那里。116. When the world says,"Give up!"Hope whispers,"Try it one more time." 当全世界都在说“放弃”的时候,希望却在耳边轻轻地说:“再试一次吧”!117. I don't care about other questions and I just try to be myself. 我不在乎别人的质疑,我只会做好自己。118. Attempt doesn't necessarily bring success, but giving up definitely leads to failure. 努力不一定成功,但放弃一定失败!119. The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today. 对明天最好的准备就是今天做到最好。120. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. 你已经一无所有,没有什么道理不顺心而为。(乔布斯) 121. Life is a journey, one that is much better traveled with a companion by our side. 人生是一场旅程,我们最好结伴同行。122. Sometimes you have to fall before you can fly. 有时候,你得先跌下去,才能飞起来。123. If you are able to appreciate beauty in the ordinary, your life will be more vibrant. 如果你擅于欣赏平凡中的美好,你的生活会更加多姿多彩。124. Be who you are, and never ever apologize for that! 坚持做自己,并永远不要为此而后悔!125. Consider the bad times as down payment for the good times. Hang in there. 把苦日子当做好日子的首付,坚持就是胜利!126. Do not pray for easy lives, pray to be stronger. 与其祈求生活平淡点,还不如祈求自己强大点。127. Everybody can fly without wings when they hold on to their dreams. 坚持自己的梦想,即使没有翅膀也能飞翔。128. There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power. 没有伟大的意志力,便没有雄才大略。129. You can't change your situation. The only thing that you can change is how you choose to deal with it. 境遇难以改变,你能改变的唯有面对它时的态度。130. Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well. 凡是值得做的事,就值得做好。131. Perfection is not just about control.It's also about letting go. 完美不仅在于控制,也在于释放。《黑天鹅》 132. Dream is what makes you happy, even when you are just trying. 梦想就是一种让你感到坚持就是幸福的东西。133. Never frown,because you never know who is falling in love with your smile. 别愁眉不展,因为你不知道谁会爱上你的笑容。134. It's easy once you know how. 一旦你明白,就会很简单。135. In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different. 要做到不可替代,就要与众不同。136. I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate. 宁愿失败地做你爱做的事情,也不要成功地做你恨做的事情。(George Burns) 137. Don't hide. Run! You'll make it to tomorrow. 别躲避,奔跑吧,你就会找到明天。138. Life comes with many challenges.The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of. 生活充满了挑战,唯有勇敢面对并自我掌控,我们才能克服恐惧。(安吉丽娜·朱莉) 139. Life doesn't just happen to you; you receive everything in your life based on what you've given. 一切发生在你身上的都不是碰巧。你获得什么,在于你付出了什么。140.You are more beautiful than you think. 你,要比你想象的更美丽。141. Throughout life's complications, you should maintain such a sense of elegance. 不管生活有多不容易,你都要守住自己的那一份优雅。142. When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on so long in the first place. 每当你想要放弃的时候,就想想是为了什么才一路坚持到现在。143. Enjoy your youth.You'll never be younger than you are at this very moment. 好好享受青春,你再也不会有哪个时刻会比此时更年轻了。144. You'd better bring, cause I'll bring every I've got it. 你最好全神贯注,因为我定会全力以赴!145. Take time to enjoy the simple things in life. 慢慢享受生活中的简单。146. As long as you are still alive, you will definitely encounter the good things in life. 只要活着就一定会遇上好事。147. Hold on, it gets better than you know. 挺住,事情会比你想像中要好!148. If you are fine,the sun will always shine. 你若安好,便是晴天。149. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. 磨难会让你更强大。150. Every life deserves our respect. 每一个生命都应该被尊重。151. The best feeling in the world is when you know your heart is smiling. 世间最美好的感受,就是发现自己的心在笑。152. Don't ever underestimate the heart of a champion. 永远不要低估一颗冠军的心。(Rudy Tomjanovich) 153. There is nothing permanent except change. 唯一不变的是变化。154. The difference between successful persons and others is that they really act. 成功者和其他人最大的区别就是,他们真正动手去做了。155. Don't follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you. 不要随波逐流,要引领潮流。(Margaret Thatcher) 156. People pay in advance for a coffee meant for someone who cannot afford a warm beverage. 人们提前买咖啡,让付不起的人享受温暖。157. No one is born a genius.Just keep on doing what you like and that itself is a talent. 哪有什么天才!坚持做你喜欢的事情,这本身就是一种天赋。(大野智) 158. The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page. 世界是一本书,不旅行的人只读了其中一页。159. You can create something more glorious than the championship. 你可以创造比冠军更荣耀的事。160. You never get a second chance to make a first impression. 永远没有第二次机会,给人留下第一印象。161. You can always be a worse version of "him", or better version of yourself. 你不是要做一个单纯优秀的人,而是要做一个不可替代的人。162. Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life. 让每一天都有机会成为你人生中最美好的一天。163. Honesty is the best policy. 做人以诚信为本。164. To a crazy ship all winds are contrary. 对于一只漫无目标的船而言,任何方向的风都是逆风。165. The outer world you see is a reflection of your inner self. 你看到什么样的世界,你就拥有什么样的内心。166. Strike while the iron is hot. 趁热打铁。167. Knowing what you cannot do is far more important than knowing what you are capable of. 知道自己不能做什么远比知道自己能做什么重要。168. People cry, not because they're weak. It's because they've been strong for too long. 哭泣,不代表脆弱,只因坚强了太久。169. Don't let yesterday use up too much of today. 别留念昨天了,把握好今天吧。(Will Rogers) 170. If you are not brave enough, no one will back you up. 你不勇敢,没人替你坚强。171. If you don't build your dream, someone will hire you to build theirs. 如果你没有梦想,那么你只能为别人的梦想打工。172. Beauty is all around, if you just open your heart to see. 只要你给自己机会,你会发现你的世界可以很美丽。173. The difference in winning and losing is most often...not quitting. 赢与输的差别通常是--不放弃。(华特·迪士尼) 174. I am ordinary yet unique. 我很平凡,但我独一无二。175. I like people who make me laugh in spite of myself. 我喜欢那些让我笑起来的人,就算是我不想笑的时候。176. Image a new story for your life and start living it. 为你的生命想一个全新剧本,并去倾情出演吧!177. I'd rather be a happy fool than a sad sage. 做个悲伤的智者,不如做个开心的傻子。178. The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. 未来属于那些相信梦想之美的人。(埃莉诺·罗斯福) 179. Even if you get no applause, you should accept a curtain call gracefully and appreciate your own efforts. 即使没有人为你鼓掌,也要优雅的谢幕,感谢自己的认真付出。180. Don't let dream just be your dream. 别让梦想只停留在梦里。181. A day without laughter is a day wasted. 没有笑声的一天是浪费了的一天。(卓别林) 182. Travel and see the world; afterwards, you will be able to put your concerns in perspective. 去旅行吧,见的世面多了,你会发现原来在意的那些结根本算不了什么。183. The key to acquiring proficiency in any task is repetition. 任何事情成功关键都是熟能生巧。《生活大爆炸》 184. You can be happy no matter what. 开心一点吧,管它会怎样。185. A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow. 今天的好计划胜过明天的完美计划。186. Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'! 一切皆有可能!“不可能”的意思是:“不,可能。”(奥黛丽·赫本) 187. Life isn't fair, but no matter your circumstances, you have to give it your all. 生活是不公平的,不管你的境遇如何,你只能全力以赴。188. No matter how hard it is, just keep going because you only fail when you give up. 无论多么艰难,都要继续前进,因为只有你放弃的那一刻,你才输了。189. It requires hard work to give off an appearance of effortlessness. 你必须十分努力,才能看起来毫不费力。190. Life is like riding a bicycle.To keep your balance,you must keep moving. 人生就像骑单车,只有不断前进,才能保持平衡。(爱因斯坦) 191. Be thankful for what you have.You'll end up having more. 拥有一颗感恩的心,最终你会得到更多。192. Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. 美是一种内心的感觉,并反映在你的眼睛里。(索菲亚·罗兰) 193. Friendship doubles your joys, and divides your sorrows. 朋友的作用,就是让你快乐加倍,痛苦减半。194. When you long for something sincerely, the whole world will help you. 当你真心渴望某样东西时,整个宇宙都会来帮忙。 When Paul Jobs was mustered out of the Coast Guard after World War II, he made a wager with his crewmates. They had arrived in San Francisco, where their ship was decommissioned, and Paul bet that he would find himself a wife within two weeks. He was a taut, tattooed engine mechanic, six feet tall, with a passing resemblance to James Dean. But it wasn’t his looks that got him a date with Clara Hagopian, a sweet-humored daughter of Armenian immigrants. It was the fact that he and his friends had a car, unlike the group she had originally planned to go out with that evening. Ten days later, in March 1946, Paul got engaged to Clara and won his wager. It would turn out to be a happy marriage, one that lasted until death parted them more than forty years later. Paul Reinhold Jobs had been raised on a dairy farm in Germantown, Wisconsin. Even though his father was an alcoholic and sometimes abusive, Paul ended up with a gentle and calm disposition under his leathery exterior. After dropping out of high school, he wandered through the Midwest picking up work as a mechanic until, at age nineteen, he joined the Coast Guard, even though he didn’t know how to swim. He was deployed on the USS General M. C. Meigs and spent much of the war ferrying troops to Italy for General Patton. His talent as a machinist and fireman earned him commendations, but he occasionally found himself in minor trouble and never rose above the rank of seaman. Clara was born in New Jersey, where her parents had landed after fleeing the Turks in Armenia, and they moved to the Mission District of San Francisco when she was a child. She had a secret that she rarely mentioned to anyone: She had been married before, but her husband had been killed in the war. So when she met Paul Jobs on that first date, she was primed to start a new life. Like many who lived through the war, they had experienced enough excitement that, when it was over, they desired simply to settle down, raise a family, and lead a less eventful life. They had little money, so they moved to Wisconsin and lived with Paul’s parents for a few years, then headed for Indiana, where he got a job as a machinist for International Harvester. His passion was tinkering with old cars, and he made money in his spare time buying, restoring, and selling them. Eventually he quit his day job to become a full-time used car salesman. Clara, however, loved San Francisco, and in 1952 she convinced her husband to move back there. They got an apartment in the Sunset District facing the Pacific, just south of Golden Gate Park, and he took a job working for a finance company as a “repo man,” picking the locks of cars whose owners hadn’t paid their loans and repossessing them. He also bought, repaired, and sold some of the cars, making a decent enough living in the process. There was, however, something missing in their lives. They wanted children, but Clara had suffered an ectopic pregnancy, in which the fertilized egg was implanted in a fallopian tube rather than the uterus, and she had been unable to have any. So by 1955, after nine years of marriage, they were looking to adopt a child. Like Paul Jobs, Joanne Schieble was from a rural Wisconsin family of German heritage. Her father, Arthur Schieble, had immigrated to the outskirts of Green Bay, where he and his wife owned a mink farm and dabbled successfully in various other businesses, including real estate and photoengraving. He was very strict, especially regarding his daughter’s relationships, and he had strongly disapproved of her first love, an artist who was not a Catholic. Thus it was no surprise that he threatened to cut Joanne off completely when, as a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin, she fell in love with Abdulfattah “John” Jandali, a Muslim teaching assistant from Syria. Jandali was the youngest of nine children in a prominent Syrian family. His father owned oil refineries and multiple other businesses, with large holdings in Damascus and Homs, and at one point pretty much controlled the price of wheat in the region. His mother, he later said, was a “traditional Muslim woman” who was a “conservative, obedient housewife.” Like the Schieble family, the Jandalis put a premium on education. Abdulfattah was sent to a Jesuit boarding school, even though he was Muslim, and he got an undergraduate degree at the American University in Beirut before entering the University of Wisconsin to pursue a doctoral degree in political science. In the summer of 1954, Joanne went with Abdulfattah to Syria. They spent two months in Homs, where she learned from his family to cook Syrian dishes. When they returned to Wisconsin she discovered that she was pregnant. They were both twenty-three, but they decided not to get married. Her father was dying at the time, and he had threatened to disown her if she wed Abdulfattah. Nor was abortion an easy option in a small Catholic community. So in early 1955, Joanne traveled to San Francisco, where she was taken into the care of a kindly doctor who sheltered unwed mothers, delivered their babies, and quietly arranged closed adoptions. Joanne had one requirement: Her child must be adopted by college graduates. So the doctor arranged for the baby to be placed with a lawyer and his wife. But when a boy was born—on February 24, 1955—the designated couple decided that they wanted a girl and backed out. Thus it was that the boy became the son not of a lawyer but of a high school dropout with a passion for mechanics and his salt-of-the-earth wife who was working as a bookkeeper. Paul and Clara named their new baby Steven Paul Jobs. When Joanne found out that her baby had been placed with a couple who had not even graduated from high school, she refused to sign the adoption papers. The standoff lasted weeks, even after the baby had settled into the Jobs household. Eventually Joanne relented, with the stipulation that the couple promise—indeed sign a pledge—to fund a savings account to pay for the boy’s college education. There was another reason that Joanne was balky about signing the adoption papers. Her father was about to die, and she planned to marry Jandali soon after. She held out hope, she would later来源:小兵说天下
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