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Heroes: Roadside Inferno 英雄：路边噩梦 The big rig was about to explode and the drivers legs were engulfed in flames. The Coopers came to the rescue. 大卡车即将爆炸，司机双腿又被火所伤，千钧一发之时，库帕夫妇挺身相救。 By Jason Kersten 作者：约翰.克斯滕 Looks like a brush fire, Kim Cooper thought as she spotted an orange glow ahead on Interstate 75. It was near dusk, and she and her husband, Steve, were trucking through northern Kentucky hauling auto parts from Louisville to Detroit for a freight company. Steve, 59, was fast asleep in the trucks living quarters as Kim, 52, drove up to the scene. Thats when she saw it was much worse than a brush fire. 金.库珀（Kim Cooper）回忆说，当时已近黄昏，她和她的丈夫史蒂夫（Steve）开着一辆牵引货车，从肯塔基州北部的一家货运公司运送汽车零部件到路易斯维尔底特律，正行驶在75号州际公路上，前面有一个橙色发光体，看起来就像是发生了丛林火灾。59岁的史蒂夫那时正躺在卡车的生活层熟睡着，52岁的金开着车。她所见到的可是一场比丛林大火更为严重的事件。 Steve, wake up! she shouted. Theres a truck on fire! A big rig had tumbled down an embankment, and flames were crawling across its cab. Kim yanked their truck to the side of the road, and Steve pulled on his clothes. Then he scrambled down the slope. “史蒂夫，快醒醒！”她尖叫道，“有一辆大卡车着火了！”。一辆大卡车已经冲出了路堤，火焰正在向驾驶室蔓延。金猛踩刹车，将他们的卡车停到公路旁，史蒂夫披上衣服就向斜坡飞奔过去。 Inside the burning truck, Ronnie Sanders, 38, was fighting for his life. Hed been running a heavy load of tractors and forklifts from Georgia to Indianapolis when a Grand Caravan in front of him stopped suddenly in traffic on the icy road. As Ronnie bore down, he could see children in the backseat. The trucks bulk would probably protect him from the worst of the impact, but the momentum of 23 tons would likely crush everyone inside the van. 燃烧的卡车内，38岁的罗尼.桑德斯（Ronnie Sanders）正在奋力挣扎。他正将一车的拖拉机和铲车从格鲁吉亚运送到印第安纳波利斯，他面前的一辆道奇（Grand Caravan）车在结冰的道路上突然熄火停了下来。罗尼紧急刹车，他几乎可以看到前车后座的儿童。若追尾撞上，前车的货舱应该可以使他免受最严重的伤害，但以他这辆23吨大块头的惯性，可能会压碎前面面包车内的每一个人。 In Kentucky, the hills are steep, but at that moment, I didnt think about it, he says of that evening last November. I figured instead of killing other people, Id just put the truck in the ditch. He jerked the wheel to the right,