(单词翻译:单击)
We are here at Lafayette Square. This is the tree that was hit by lightning last night, you can see the damage.
我们现在是在拉法耶特广场。这就是昨晚被闪电击中的那棵树，大家可以看到它的受损程度。
We spoke to medical professionals who just happened to be here when the storm hit.
我们刚刚采访了雷暴来袭时刚好在这里的医务人员。
This video taken from the Washington Monument shows the severe lightning storm Thursday night.
在这段从华盛顿纪念碑拍摄的视频中，我们可以看到这场发生在周四晚间的严重的雷暴。
Lightning hit this tree just steps from the White House, critically injuring four people.
闪电击中了这棵离白宫仅几步之遥的树，并造成四人重伤。
This couple from Wisconsin died from their injuries.
最终，这对来自威斯康星州的夫妇因伤势过重而去世。
Relatives say Donna and James Mueller, both in their mid-70s, were high school sweethearts. They were in D.C. for their 56th wedding anniversary.
据他们的亲属透露，今年七十多岁的唐娜·穆勒和詹姆斯·穆勒，高中时就相恋。他们正在华盛顿庆祝自己的56周年结婚纪念日。
A third person, a 29-year-old man, has also died.
另外一位29岁的男子，也因伤重去世。
"We were looking this direction. Actually I saw first kind of a thunderball in the tree, and then heard the booming and saw people just falling down."
“我们当时正朝这个方向看。我先看到的是树上有一个雷球，然后听到轰隆声，接着看到有几个人倒了下去。”
Alexander Brains is a doctor visiting from Germany.
亚历山大·布莱斯是一位德国医生。
He and his wife were close by, getting a look at the White House on their first day here. He knew he had to do something.
事发时他和他的妻子就在附近，他们第一天来到这里，正在参观白宫。随后，他意识到自己必须要做点什么。
"Then I ran obviously being a doctor, working in an emergency unit as well, just ran over here and tried to help."
“作为一名医生、同时也是在急诊室工作，我马上跑了过来，看看能否提供帮助。”
Brains says he did chest compressions on a woman and assisted as multiple people, U.S. Park Police officers and Secret Service officers with AEDs, tried to revive those hit by the lightning strike.
布莱斯称，当时他给一名女性做了胸外按压，并协助美国公园警察和特勤局官员用除颤器抢救那些被雷击的人。
The White House issued a statement, saying their thoughts are with the families who lost loved ones here, and they're praying for those who are still fighting for their lives.
事发后，白宫方面发表声明称，他们与在这里失去亲人的家庭同在，他们为那些仍在为生命而战的人祈祷。
