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A white-haired elderly gentleman steps out of his car, brief case in hand and coat over his arm. He has called from the office t
A white-haired elderly gentleman steps out of his car, brief case in hand and coat over his arm. He has called from the office t
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A white-haired elderly gentleman steps out of his car, brief case in hand and coat over his arm. He has called from the office to say that he is on the way. His wife is preparing supper. He can see the light shining inside his own front door. He looks forward to a fire and his slippers. It is a cold night. A few seconds later he is lying on the icy side-walk in a pool of his blood.
It doesn’t happen very often, but it does happen in the capital city of the United States. It is likely to happen in the near-deserted city center at night, in a parking lot in the shadow of a federal building. It is more likely to happen in one of the grey fringe areas between the poor ghettos and the residential areas. It could happen any time in the ghetto itself where people don’t walk at night; more American city crime and most of Washington’s is by poor against poor. It seldom happens in the tree-lined streets of north-west Washington.
It did happen last week. Senator John Stennis was the victim of a classic Washington street crime. He happened to be an important politician, but that is not why he was shot. What happened to him could happen to any of us.
Senator Stennis, who was 71, got out of his white Buick Electra at 7:40 p. m. ,outside his home at 3609 Cumberland Street. Two youths said, "Get me up." He put up no resistance. He handed over his wallet containing credit cards, driving license, and the like, a gold watch and the only money he had in his pockets—twenty five cents. The youths said either, "Now we’re going to shoot you anyway," or "We ought to shoot you anyway." Anyway they did. One bullet hit him in the fleshy part of the thigh, struck the bone, and disintegrated. The other entered his chest just below the breast pocket of his suit. It narrowly missed his heart.
Amazingly he made it across a ten-foot sidewalk, up four steps, along twenty more feet of concrete pathway, three more steps and a six-foot landing, His wife met him at the door, and saw two men running. The Senator told her to call the police and an ambulance.
Senator Stennis was a powerful political figure, but it is unlikely that the two young knew who he was. More likely his offense was that he had no more cash than a quarter—not enough for a fix, not enough for two cups of coffee. One is warned always not to carry money on the streets of Washington.
What happened to Senator Stems could happen to ______.
选项
A、other old men
B、other senators
C、other politicians
D、anyone in the United States
答案
D
解析
由第三段最后一句话What happened to him could happen to any of us可知。
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