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วันพฤหัสบดีที่ 13 ตุลาคม 2559 กำลังอัดรายการอยู่ที่ช่อง 9 กับอาจารย์ยิ่งศักดิ์ เริ่มมีกระแสข่าวไม่ดีช่วงบ่าย..
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นักข่าวบอกว่า ที่ศิริราชเขาเก็บโต๊ะลงนามถวายพระพรแล้ว.. ภรรยาโทรบอก..พระองค์โสมฯที่ร่วมแสดงละครเวทีเรื่อง ม่านประเพณี เสด็จกลับทันที..
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ผมกลับเนชั่น ทั้งกอง บก.มานั่งรวมกัน..แล้วเมื่อมีแถลงการณ์จากสำนักพระราชวัง.. นายกรัฐมนตรีออกทีวี..
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น้ำตาที่ตึก..ก็ไหลรวมกับน้ำตาทั้งประเทศ..
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เหมือนโลกหยุดหมุน เวลาหยุดเดินที่เมืองไทย พวกเราค่อยๆแยกย้าย..ผมกับภรรยาไปที่ศิริราช
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พอไปเห็นชื่อ "ศิริราชพยาบาล" เท่านั้น..
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เกิดมาไม่เคยเห็นคนไทยจำนวนมากขนาดนั้น ร้องไห้ใจสลายขนาดนี้..
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ก้มกราบลาที่หน้าโรงพยาบาล..ยกมือไหว้ท่วมหัวอยู่กลางสะพานอรุณอัมรินทร์ หันหน้าไปที่อาคารเฉลิมพระเกียรติ ศิริราช..
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ผมเดินสวนกับประชาชนมากมายที่เตรียมไปจับจองพื้นที่ที่โรงพยาบาล เตรียมรับเสด็จ "ในหลวงในดวงใจ" เป็นครั้งสุดท้าย
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กลับบ้านเที่ยงคืนกว่า..นอนร้องไห้เหมือนบ้านอื่นๆ จนเช้าวันศุกร์ที่ 14 ตุลาคม ตรงไปสนามหลวง
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แล้วจากนั้น..ทุกอย่างเป็นปรากฏการณ์ที่โลกต้องจารึก ที่ประเทศไทยมีงานศพ พ่อของคนไทยคืนกลับเป็นเทวดา
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ผ้าดำขาดแคลน ถนนทุกสายมุ่งสู่พระบรมมหาราชวัง ลูกหลานชาวสยามเข้าแถวกันหลายชั่วโมง ตากแดดตากฝน เพื่อได้กราบพ่อเพียง 2 นาที
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ออกมาหยอดเงินทำบุญโดยเสด็จพระราชกุศล มีรถรับส่งจิตอาสาบริการฟรี สำนักข่าวทั่วโลกต่างรายงานปรากฏการณ์นี้..ไม่มีที่ไหนในโลก
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ขณะที่เข้าแถวรอกราบพ่อ เหนื่อยแสนเหนื่อย เมื่อยแสนเมื่อย แต่ไม่เท่าเศษธุลีดินที่ติดรองเท้าพ่อ..ที่ทรงย่ำมาตลอด 70 ปี
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ผมใช้เวลาเข้าแถวนั้น ศึกษาพระราชประวัติ..คอยอ่านพระราชดำรัส..แล้วจงเดินตามรอยเท้าพ่อให้ได้มากที่สุด
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ขอน้อมรำลึกสำนึกในพระมหากรุณาธิคุณอันหาที่สุดมิได้
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วันอาทิตย์ที่ 13 ตุลาคม 2562
Thursday, October 13, 2559 is recording on Channel 9 with Teacher Khunsak. Starting to have bad news in the afternoon..
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Journalist says that at Siriraj he has opened a table to sign for blessing.. Wife calls to tell.. Ginseng.. who joins the stage of the curtain, tradition, came back immediately..
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I'm going back to Nation for the whole army. Let's sit together.. Then when there is a statement from the palace court.. The Prime Minister is on TV..
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Tears at the building.. are mixed with tears all over the country..
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It's like the world stops. Time stops in Thailand. We slowly disband.. Me and my wife to Siriraj.
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When I see the name of ′′ Siriraj nurse ′′ only..
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I haven't seen so many Thai people. Crying this much..
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Bow down and say goodbye in front of the hospital.. Raise your hands and head in the middle of the Arun Amarin bridge. Face to face at the Chalerm General of Siriraj..
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I walked with many people who prepared to reserve the area at the hospital. Prepare to receive the ′′ King in my heart ′′ for the last time.
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Came home at midnight.. slept crying like other houses until Friday morning October 14th, straight to Sanam Luang.
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And then.. Everything is phenomenal that the world has to inscribe. Thailand has funeral for the father of Thai people. Return to be an angel.
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Black cloth is scarce of all roads. Headed to the Royal Palace. Siam children row for many hours. In the sun and rain for only 2 minutes.
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Come out to make merit by the King. There is a volunteer shuttle. Free service. The global news agency reports this phenomenon.. Nowhere in the world.
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While in line waiting, bowing to the father. Tired, stiffness, but not as much as the dust in the father's shoes.. that has been holding on for 70 years.
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I spent my time studying the royal history.. Reading the royal words.. and walking in the father's footsteps as much as possible.
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I would like to remember his kindness.
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Sunday 13 October 2562Translated

#นางฟ้าในร่างคุณยาย
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หยุดพักเรื่องการเมือง เพราะวันนี้ผมสะดุดรอยยิ้มคุณยายท่านหนึ่ง "คุณยายแอ๊ว" ขายขนมแค่ถุงละ 10 บาท แต่มีเงินจากน้ำพักน้ำแรง นำไปบริจาคทำบุญสร้างโบสถ์วิหาร ครั้งละ 10,000 บ้าง 20,000 บ้าง
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ยิ่งได้คุยกับคุณยาย ยิ่งรู้จักคำว่า “#ชีวิตที่มีความสุขจากข้างใน” เป็นยังไง
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หลังจากช่วยคุณยายเข็นมาถึงจุดนึง..
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ผมถาม : คุณยายน่าจะมีลูกหลานเยอะนะครับ
คุณยายตอบ : ยายไม่มีลูกหลาน.. คุณยายพูดจบก็ยิ้มหวาน
ผมงง เพราะคิดในใจว่า คุณยายน่าจะมีลูกหลานเยอะ ยิ่งอายุมากแล้ว น่าจะมีคนคอยดูแล
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คุณยายพูดต่อ : ยายมีลูกคนเดียว แต่เสียไปแล้ว ยายเลยอยู่คนเดียว
ผมก็อึ้งๆ ไป แอบสงสาร แต่อีกใจก็รู้สึกว่าคุณยายนี่เก่งมาก ถึงไม่มีลูกหลาน ชีวิตไม่มีใคร ไม่มีเงินเยอะแยะ แต่ก็มีความสุขกับสิ่งทำ (ดูจากสีหน้า)
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ผมถามต่อ : ขนมนี่ คุณยายทำเองหมดเลยหรือครับ
ยายตอบ : ใช่ ยายทำเองตั้งแต่เช้า-บ่าย และมาขายตอนเย็น
ผมถาม : ทำไมคุณยายขายถูกจัง
ยายตอบ : ยายขายได้ ก็เอาเงินไปทำบุญ ไม่ได้อยากสะสมอะไรเยอะๆ ยายยังโชคดี มีโอกาสได้ทำบุญ (ความคิดยายสวยแท้)
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ผมถาม : คุณยายขายทุกวันเลยหรือครับ
ยายตอบ : ขายแค่วันจันทร์-ศุกร์ ส่วน เสาร์-อาทิตย์ ไปวัด ไปทำบุญ เวลาไปวัด ก็ทำขนมนี่แหละไปถวายพระ
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บทสนทนากับคุณยายจบลง ทำให้ผมได้ข้อสรุปสั้นๆว่า..
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“แท้จริงแล้วคุณค่าของคน ไม่ได้อยู่ที่จำนวนเงิน แต่น่าจะอยู่ที่ใจ..ที่มุ่งทำความดีต่างหาก”
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แววตาที่สวยที่สุด คือ แววตาของผู้ให้
มือที่สวยที่สุด คือ มือที่ไว้ทำความดี
ขาที่สวยที่สุด คือ ขาที่ยืนหยัดด้วยตัวเอง
ใบหน้าที่สวยที่สุด คือ ใบหน้าที่มียิ้มจากใจ
ใจที่สวยที่สุด คือ ใจที่มีธรรมะนั่นเอง
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ปล. วันนี้คุณยายแอ๊ว วัย 84 ปี แต่ขายขนมหวานด้วยความสุข
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คุณยายขายมานานถึง 63 ปี แต่ขายแค่ถุงละ 10 บาท เงินจากการขายขนม ทำบุญสร้างโบสถ์วิหาร ไหว้พระสวดมนต์ทุกวัน
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นี่คือ รอยยิ้มและเรื่องราวที่ผมประทับใจในวันนี้ครับ ใครผ่านมาก็มาอุดหนุนขนมคุณยายได้นะครับ คุณยายจะขายช่วงเย็นๆ
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บอกได้ว่า คุณจะมีความสุขกลับไปจากรอยยิ้มน่ารักๆของคุณยายอย่างแน่นอน
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ณ บิ๊กซี บางปะกอก
ถนนสุขสวัสดิ์
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#แชร์ความดีและน่ารักของคุณยายที่ไม่ยอมแพ้ชีวิต

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#นางฟ้าในร่างคุณยาย
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Taking a break for politics because today I stumbled on a smile. One grandmother "grandma ani" sells snacks for only 10 baht per bag. But I have money from water. Rest the water. Donate to make merit to build a church at a time. 10,000
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The more I talk to grandma, the more I know the word "# happy life from inside "
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After helping grandma push to a point..
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I asked: Grandma should have a lot of children.
Grandma answered: Grandma doesn't have children.. Grandma finished talking, sweet smile.
I'm confused because I think in my heart that grandma should have many children. The older I get, there should be someone to
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Grandma Continue: Grandma has only one child but she lost her, so she is alone.
I'm stunned. I feel pity. But I feel that grandma is very good. Even though I don't have children, no one doesn't have a lot of money, but I'm happy with what I do. (see from the
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I continue to ask: is this snack. Did Grandma make all by herself?
Grandma answered: Yes, grandma made it herself since morning - afternoon and came to sell in the evening.
I asked: why is grandma selling so cheap?
Grandma answered: Grandma can sell it. She can't make money to make merit. I want to collect a lot. Grandmother is lucky. She has a chance to make merit.
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I asked: is grandma selling it every day?
Grandma answered: selling only monday - Friday. Saturday-Sunday. Go to temple to make merit. When I go to the temple, I make snacks. This is going to
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The conversation with grandma ended, gave me a short conclusion that..
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" in fact, the value of a person is not about the amount of money, but it should be in the heart.. that you focus on doing good deeds
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The most beautiful eyes are the eyes of the giver.
The most beautiful hand is the hand to do good deeds.
The prettiest legs are legs that stand on their own
The most beautiful face is a smiling face from the heart.
The most beautiful heart is the heart that has dharma.
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PS. Today, grandma ani is 84 years old, but selling sweets with happiness.
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Grandma has been selling for 63 years, but selling for only 10 baht per bag. Money from selling snacks, making merit, building a church, praying every day.
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This is the smile and story that I am impressed with today. Anyone who comes by, please come to buy grandma's snack. Grandma will sell in the evening.
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I can say you will definitely be happy back from grandma's cute smile
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At Big C, bang pakk
Happy night road
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#แชร์ความดีและน่ารักของคุณยายที่ไม่ยอมแพ้ชีวิต

Cr. LineTranslated

"แตงโมครึ่งซีก..ในชีวิตคู่”

บ่ายวันหนึ่ง ผมเลิกงานกลับบ้าน ร้อนจนเหงื่อโชก เปิดตู้เย็น พบแตงโมแช่เย็นอยู่ครึ่งซีก ดีใจจนคว้าออกมา แทะกินจนเรียบ

ครู่ต่อมา..ภรรยาผมก็กลับมาถึงด้วย เข้าประตูก็บ่น “กระหายน้ำ ร้อนมาก!” เธอเปิดตู้เย็น และชะงัก ผมบอกเธอว่า แตงโมซีกนั้นผมกินไปแล้ว สีหน้าเธอมีแววไม่พอใจ รีบเอาถ้วยไปรินน้ำ หยิบกระติกขึ้นมา ก็พบว่าในกระติกแห้งสนิท!
...Continue Reading"Watermelon, half-sec.. in a couple life"

One afternoon, I finished work. It was so hot that I was sweating. I opened the fridge and found watermelon. I was chilled for half a season. So happy that I grab

Just a moment later.. My wife came back. She complained about " thirsty!" She opened the fridge and I told her that watermelon. I ate it. Her face was sparkly. She was not satisfied. Take the cup to pour the water. The flask came up and found in the flask is dry!

She immediately said " She came home before. Why didn't you boil some water? What are you doing?"

I'm angry. Why do I have to do anything?"

Both of us have been in the cold war for a week to reconcile.

Saturday, I went home alone. When I saw both of them, " Why didn't you see mercy on this week?" I told me about my mom and blamed me. " Don't worry about myself, but I should care about others "

I don't agree. " Just eat half a watermelon. What the hell?"

Dad laughed, " You don't have to make excuses. Tomorrow is Sunday. Let's eat here

The next day, I brought my family to my parents. When I went into the house, he used me to buy vinegar. When I came back, my dad told me to have mercy to take the kids outside. I told me and dad brought me half a watermelon

" You are hot. Sweat watermelon. Let's go out your thirst The melons are big. It should weigh about two kilograms. Dad sent me a spoon.

" If you can't eat it all, leave it for your wife to eat

I picked up a spoon and ate a big one. I ate less than half of my belly.

After lunch, Dad put two watermelon on the table. Tell me, " Look what's the difference?"

I'm confused. One of the sec I ate. I was eaten. I was eaten. I didn't see what the difference in a moment. Smh.

Dad pointed out to the melons and explained, " This season, you eat another season. I have mercy. Dad told you both of them that if you can't eat it all, let's leave it. Let's see how your wife uses spoon. She starts to eat from the middle The other half is untouched. Look at your stuff. You eat meat in the middle until it's left for other people. Who doesn't know that sweet watermelon in the middle? From this small thing, I can see that I have mercy, much bigger heart than you

My hair is instantly red. Dad meant to say

" Two people are together for the rest of their lives. What's important? Where is the love, care between husband and wife? It's in one drop of oil.. One spoon of rice.. One curry paste.. Last time you were angry about eating watermelon. There are many excuses. If you are wrong. If you have mercy, I will be home first, I guarantee that you. Gotta keep you half "

" Don't think that this is a small thing that doesn't matter, but it reflects the heart of watermelon. It gives knowledge of everyday life. No matter how cold it is, you slowly let it will be hotter someday or heart that no matter how hot it is, you splash cold water Spoon.. One spoon will be completely cool down.
Think about it. If you are kind, you don't care. How will you feel?"

One word awakens people. I suddenly found that I put it every day when I get home.. Tea made for you.. the umbrella that I put in front of the door. It's up to love. Have mercy, but I haven't seen it. I don't know how to take care of him

Think about it and feel ashamed. Hurry up to bring a bowl of dumplings. "You eat first"

She laughed "don't do it in front of mom and mom"

Dad laughed, " If you can do this whole life, it's a good husband

In our heart, love, we need to give each other. We care about our other half. Don't think that every problem is a problem without reason. Think about your fault.

Live your normal life, care about family. Don't just care about other people's business.

Happiness is not at home, but how sweet it is at home.

Happiness.. is not how luxurious I drive, but it's safe to drive home.

Happiness.. is not having a beautiful lover, but it is about how bright the smile of a lover.

Happiness.. is not about listening to more or less sweet words, but in sadness.. Someone told me that it's okay. I still have me..

Don't just care about other people's business in social world until you are far away with family.

Cr. NusanthibuksTranslated

Jaw dropping: a giant ship heads straight towards Hong Kong university's sports ground.
Copyright: Corinne Vigniel/ To use this video in a commercial player or in broadcasts, please email licensing@storyful.com

See background information below and link to longer version of story on YouTube.
http://youtu.be/9WK5s4g3APw

BACKGROUND
A German-flagged container ship headed straight towards shore and briefly ran aground in Hong Kong on Sunday afternoon (April 6, 2014).
The 192.5-meter-long Hansa Constitution was travelling along the busy East Lamma shipping channel when it suddenly veered off course.
The Hong Kong Marine Department said the ship's main engine broke down.
People familiar with the shipping industry say the captain and Hong Kong maritime authorities decided to the best course of action was to beach the vessel to prevent it from colliding with other ships on the busy shipping channel.
The crew dropped anchor at the last minute, making loud screeching noises, to slow Hansa Constitution as it headed straight towards the sea wall outside the University of Hong Kong sports grounds in Pok Fu Lam.
The ship ground to a halt at around 15.22 local. It then slowly reversed, as Marine, police and fire services rushed to the site. It was eventually towed free. No one was injured.
The ship was travelling from Yokohama in Japan to Chiwan port in Shenzhen, China.

目定口呆: 192.5米貨船, 行駛東博寮海峽期間, 突然偏離航線, 直沖香港大學何鴻燊體育中心..直至擱淺岸邊.
海事處表示是主要機件故障.
熟悉船務的人表示船長應是故意把船開離繁忙航道, 避免在停頓前撞倒其他船隻. 船後來被拖走.

Copyright: Corinne Vigniel
Location: Near Stanley Ho sports center, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong 何鴻燊體育中心
Date: 15:22 local time on April 6, 2014
Camera: iPhone 4S

Hong Kong residents can't believe their eyes as a giant ship heads straight towards university sports grounds.
Copyright: Corinne Vigniel/ To use this video in a commercial player or in broadcasts, please email licensing@storyful.com

A German-flagged container ship headed straight towards shore and briefly ran aground in Hong Kong on Sunday afternoon (April 6, 2014).
The 192.5-meter-long Hansa Constitution was travelling along the busy East Lamma shipping channel when it veered off course and headed straight towards shore.
The Hong Kong Marine Department said the ship's main engine broke down.
The crew dropped anchor, making loud screeching noises, to try and slow it down as it headed straight towards the sea wall of the University of Hong Kong sports grounds in Pok Fu Lam.
The ship ground to a halt at around 15.22 local. It then slowly reversed, as Marine, police and fire services headed towards the site. It was eventually towed free. No one was injured.
The ship was sailing from Yokohama to Chiwan port in Shenzhen, China.
目定口呆: 192.5米貨船, 行駛東博寮海峽期間, 突然偏離航線, 直沖香港大學何鴻燊體育中心..直至擱淺岸邊.
海事處表示是主要機件故障.
熟悉船務的人表示船長應是故意把船開離繁忙航道, 避免在停頓前撞倒其他船隻. 船後來被拖走.

Copyright: Corinne Vigniel
Location: Near Stanley Ho sports center, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong 何鴻燊體育中心
Date: 15:22 local time on April 6, 2014
Camera: iPhone 4S

Copyright: Corinne Vigniel
Location: Near Stanley Ho sports center, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong 何鴻燊體育中心
Date: 15:22 local time on April 6, 2014
Camera: iPhone 4S
Copyright: Corinne Vigniel/ To use this video in a commercial player or in broadcasts, please email licensing@storyful.com

For those who were there at McDonough Gymnasium on August 4, 1994, few will forget the arrival of a 6-0 freshman guard who needed no introduction. The rumors of Allen Iverson's arrival to the Kenner Summer League were true, and by game's end, Iverson had scored 40 points. By the Sunday afternoon final, before an overflow crowd inside the gym and a crowd of those outside who could not get in, Iverson finished a combined 99 point effort in three days against some of the best collegiate talent in the city. This, of course, from a player that had not played organized basketball in over a year.

The Allen Iverson years had begun.

A brief profile can't do justice to tell the story of one of the greatest pure athletes ever to attend Georgetown, a man without peer in his talent over two years at the collegiate level. Just a year before his Kenner debut, few would have imagined Allen Iverson ever playing college basketball.

Iverson was not only a 31 point a game guard for Bethel HS, but a football player of tremendous skill. As a quarterback and defensive back his sophomore season, he produced nearly 1,600 yards offense and 13 INT's. By his junior year, he accounted for 2,204 yards, 21 touchdowns by rush or interception, and 14 touchdown passes. In a region which has produced NFL quarterbacks such as Michael Vick and Aaron Brooks, there are those who will still say "Bubbachuck" Iverson was better than both of them. Schools such as Arkansas, Kentucky, Duke, and three dozen other top programs across two sports were vying for perhaps the greatest two-sport star the Tidewater had ever produced.

When he led Bethel to the state title, someone asked what it was like to win the title. "I'm going to get one in basketball now," which he did. In late February, 1993, en route to the state title he had promised, Iverson was one of a large group of Bethel teammates at a Hampton bowling alley when a fight broke out between students from rival schools trading racial insults. Three people were hurt in the aftermath. Despite conflicting testimony from eyewitnesses and no clear evidence linking him to the crime, Iverson was one of four black students arrested.

Racial tensions were heightened when the prosecutors passed on a misdemeanor assault charge and charged Iverson with three counts of felony "maiming by mob", which carried a 20 year prison sentence. Despite video evidence which did not place Iverson in the crowd at the time of the fight, he was convicted in a racially charged case.

The 20 year sentence was later reduced to five, and Iverson was granted clemency by Gov. Douglas Wilder three months later, sending Iverson to a detention program at an alternative high school. (The original charges were thrown out by the Virginia court of appeals in 1995.)

In the spring of 1994, with Iverson still in detention, his mother approached John Thompson with a plea to help her son get to college and start a new chapter of his life. Though Thompson had passed on a number of troubled players in the past, he offered Iverson a scholarship in April of that season, contingent upon his completion of high school and his legal release, which was granted 48 hours before his Kenner debut.

By his debut in a Georgetown uniform in November 1994, Iverson had been the subject of intense national media attention. In the Hoyas' annual exhibition with Fort Hood, Iverson scored 36 points, five assists, and three steals in 23 minutes. Local columnists were in awe.

"Hang his number up in the rafters," wrote Tom Knott of the Washington Times. "He's better than most of the point guards in the NBA right now."

"I saw Lew Alcindor, Austin Carr, Moses Malone, Alonzo Mourning, Albert King, Ralph Sampson and Patrick Ewing play in high school," said the Post's Thomas Boswell. "Now, I have two memories on my first impression top shelf. The man who became Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Allen Iverson."

Iverson opened the 1994-95 season in Memphis, TN in a 97-79 loss to defending NCAA champion Arkansas, scoring 19 points. Six days later, he scored 31 in a nationally televised game with DePaul, followed by 30 four days later against Providence, leading the team in scoring 22 times that season. His only game under double figures for the season (and his career) was a game where he played only ten minutes in a loss at Villanova, a game Georgetown coach John Thompson threatened to forfeit when a group of Villanova students paraded through the Spectrum in black and white-striped prison garb, with a sign comparing Iverson to O.J. Simpson.

"You accept certain ribbing, but there is a line," Thompson said after the game. "I can condone any Christian university sitting and watching that happen...If that happens [again], I going to walk. It that simple." Such fan behavior was not seen thereafter.

Later in the season, with President Bill Clinton in attendance, Iverson scored 26 as the Hoyas routed Villanova, 77-52. He followed it up with 21 to beat Syracuse, 28 versus St. John's, 31 in a Big East tournament opener with Miami (a game that saw Iverson outscore the entire Hurricane team at the end of the first half), and 27 versus Connecticut in the semis. In the NCAA regional, he scored 24 in the loss, but held Jeff McInnis to 1 for 8 shooting. By season's end, Allen Iverson had been named Big East Player of the Week nine times, Rookie of the Year, a second team all-conference selection, and honorable mention All-America recipient. Having led the Hoyas in points and steals en route to the school's first NCAA regional appearance since 1989, Iverson was already a star. By 1996, he would become nothing less than a sensation.

The leaser of a talented team that featured four future NBA stars, Allen Iverson dominated the 1995-96 season as no Hoya has done before or since. Adept at the crossover dribble that became his NBA trademark, lightning quick to the basket, and able to score on opponents at will, Iverson was largely unstoppable. Even more impressive was an effort to improve his shooting touch, for despite averaging 20.4 points as a freshman in 1994-95 (2nd all time for a Georgetown rookie), Iverson only shot 39 percent from the field, 23 percent from three, and 19 percent from three in Big East play. For his sophomore season, his field shooting increased to 48 percent, his three point mark to 36 percent. The results were striking.

In the pre-season NIT versus Temple, Iverson shot 50 percent for 24 points and a career high 10 rebounds. After a 23 point effort against Georgia Tech, he scored a career high 40 against Arizona, one of two 40+ point games that season. In Big East play, Iverson could ring up points with ease, such as the game where he scored 21 points in only 20 minutes against Rutgers.

In the final three months of the season, Iverson led the team in 21 of the team's 25 games: 40 against Seton Hall, 39 against St. John's, 34 against Providence. He scored 30 in a wild win over Memphis, and followed it up two nights later with 26 in an upset of #3 Connecticut. For the game, Iverson totalled 26 points, 8 steals, and 6 assists, including a soaring dunk past Ray Allen and the Huskies. It was the highest ranked team any Georgetown team had defeated since 1988. His best performance of the season might have been a 37 point, 8 rebound, and three steal effort against #6 ranked Villanova, playing only 27 minutes. The 106-68 win represents the sixth largest margin of victory and the largest margin ever by a Georgetown team against a top 10 opponent.

Iverson was capable of an off game; unfortunately, two came at particularly inopportune times for the Hoyas' hopes for a national title. Entering the 1996 Big East Final with a #1 seed on the line, Iverson shot 4 for 15 and the Hoyas lost by one, 76-75. As a result of the loss, Georgetown was seeded #2 behind top ranked UMass, and in the regional final between the two teams Iverson struggled with a 6 for 21 effort in the loss. For the season, though, his statistics were astonishing: his 926 points broke the then-record by 124 points. He set new single season marks in field goals, field goal attempts, three pointers, three point attempts, steals, minutes, and scoring average (25.0), the latter of which ranked 7th in the nation that season. The Big East's defensive player of the year, he was named a consensus All-American amidst numerous other awards.

If he could somehow have stayed four years, Iverson undoubtedly would have shredded the Georgetown record books. But whatever hopes existed for Iverson to resist the lure of the NBA were short lived, particularly with the news that one of his sisters had fallen ill. Seeing the opportunity to take care of his family's medical needs, Iverson announced for the NBA draft soon after the end of his sophomore season, becoming the first Georgetown player in the Thompson era to do so. The compact that had bound so many great Hoya players to a four year commitment--from Ewing to Williams, Mourning to Mutombo--had now been broken.

The first pick in the 1996 NBA draft, Iverson signed a $3.9 million contract with the Philadelphia 76ers and a ten year, $50 million deal with Reebok. His effort on the court is well known and respected, but for all the media portrayals of Iverson as the anti-hero, an icon of a "Hip Hop Nation" that ran counter to the NBA's carefully constructed marketing image, or as a symbol of all that is allegedly wrong in professional basketball, he remains remarkably well-grounded.

Married for six years and the father of two, Iverson is fiercely loyal to his teammates and to his childhood friends. He considered it an honor to play for the U.S. Olympic team in 2004 when other NBA stars passed on the offer, and maintains a number of charity events to benefit his local community. In comparison to his NBA career, his years at Georgetown were largely free of the intense media and personal scrutiny, providing at least two years where he could grow as a person as well as a basketball player.

His arrival and exit at Georgetown is still a source of debate in some circles, but his performance on the court is not. Allen Iverson found a home, even briefly, at the Hilltop, and remains one of its brightest stars. "In my heart, I know I'm a basketball player," Iverson said following his 2006 NBA trade, "being that I know I can play with the best of them."

From that first Kenner League game on 1994, no one has doubted it since.