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經典電影《怒海潛將》主角原型：卡爾·布拉西爾(Carl Brashear)，美國海軍高階潛水員，1954年他成為首位非裔潛水員，在1966年為了尋找遺失在西班牙海域的B-28核彈，在打撈上岸的同時一次纜繩斷裂意外，掃到他的左腿而斷肢，為保住他的性命必須被迫截肢，但經過兩年多的復健努力，1968年重新認證為美國海軍的截肢潛水員，經9年服役後退役，2006年因心臟衰竭辭世，安葬於維吉尼亞州的伍德朗紀念花園
"It's not a sin to be knocked down. It's a sin to stay down.”
- Carl Brashear, US Navy Master Diver and subject of the 2000 movie, "Men of Honor"
On February 25, 1948, at the age of 17, Carl M. Brashear enlisted in the Navy. Twenty-two years later, after losing a leg during a bomb retrieval, he became the first African-American to earn the title of U.S. Navy Master Diver.
The son of Kentucky sharecroppers, Brashear quit school after seventh grade, worked in his parents' fields and at a local gas station, and in 1948, determined to make a name for himself and see the world, joined the Navy.
He served on the USS Tripoli (CVE-64) during the Korean War and in 1954, despite being constantly taunted and even threatened with his life, graduated from salvage dive school.
By 1964, Brashear had become a deep-sea diver, the first African-American to earn the title. The 33-year-old who had always told his family and friends, “I ain’t gonna let nobody steal my dream,” had made history.
But on March 23, 1966, tragedy struck.
After recovering a bomb in heavy seas off the coast of Spain, a tow-line on his vessel snapped, sending a steel pipe flying towards him and his men.
"I was trying to get my sailors out of the way, and I ran back down to grab a sailor, just manhandling him out of the way,” he explained in an interview for the US Naval Institute.
"That pipe flew across the deck and struck my leg below the knee. I was way up in the air just turning flips. I jumped up and started to run and fell over. That's when I knew how bad my leg was,” he said.
For his heroic actions Chief Brashear was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal. His left leg was later amputated, but Brashear, determined to continue serving his country, refused to leave the Navy.
He spent the next two years in rehabilitation, pushing himself physically and mentally to meet the rigorous requirements necessary to return to diving.
"Sometimes I would come back from a run and my artificial leg would have a puddle of blood from my stump,” Brashear later recalled.
"I wouldn't go to sick bay. If I had . . . they would have written me up. I'd hide and soak my leg in a bucket of hot water with salt in it. Then I'd get up the next morning and run again.”
In April 1968, Brashear became the first amputee to be re-certified as a U.S. Navy diver.
Two years later, in a final testament to his courage and perseverance, Brashear became the first African-American to earn the coveted title of U.S. Navy Master Diver.
Postscript:
Master Chief Petty Officer Brashear retired from the US Navy in 1979 after 31 years of service. He died on July 25, 2006, at the age of 75, from heart failure.
Brashear was the subject of the 2000 Hollywood blockbuster “Men of Honor,” in which Cuba Gooding Jr. played the hard-charging Navy pioneer.
“My father overcame five barriers in his lifetime,” said his son Phillip, who served in the military for 38 years, including a combat tour in Iraq flying Chinook helicopters.
"He overcame racism and poverty . . . he overcame illiteracy. He lost the bottom part of his leg and was physically disabled. He overcame his alcoholism, and in 1979 retired with honors.”
"He was the best of the best of what was truly American,” retired Master Diver J. Lamont King said at Brashear’s funeral.
Today we pay tribute to Carl Brashear, his family, and all US Navy divers past and present. We salute you!
TERBANG BRRSAMA MDB (SIRI 80)
Transit (2)
Transit dalam kamus orang awam adalah berhenti sekejap bagi pertukaran pesawat ke destinasi akhir. Kenapa perlu transit? Kerana kapalterbang pertama tidak terbang terus ke destinasi akhir. Bila transit, penumpang boleh keluar ke lapangan terbang sekejap atau hanya diminta menunggu di dalam pesawat.
Dalam siri pertama Terbang Bersama MDB, saya dah cerita tentang jahilnya saya tentang vocabulary dunia penerbangan. Pesawat saya dari Bangkok ke Kuwait telah transit di Lapangan Terbang Saddam di Baghdad, Iraq. Saya ingat dah sampai Kuwait walaupun diberitahu ini hanyalah transit.
Dalam kamus saya, transit ada banyak makna & amalan. Bila kita dah arif & mahir sesuatu bidang, macam2 kreativiti boleh kita lakukan. Saya suka transit sebab boleh berhenti sekejap berjumpa kawan atau pelanggan. Saya selalu buat di lapangan Dubai, Istanbul & London. Oleh kerana saya tidak perlukan visa masuk negara, senang saya meninggalkan airport & balik semula ke airport dalam masa beberapa jam. Bila kena pergi ke Tripoli atau Tunis, saya boleh saja terbang direct dari Dubai dengan Emirates Airlines. Tapi saya ambil Turkish Airlines dari Dubai ke Istanbul. Saya keluar makan tengahari sekejap di bandar Istanbul sambil berjumpa rakan @ pelanggan. Kemudian, saya patah balik ke airport bagi sambung ke Tripoli atau Tunis atau Casablanca.
Dalam kamus saya juga, transit bermaksud pecahkan satu perjalanan yang panjang kepada beberapa sektor bagi lebih relax & juga kurang kos. Banyak tiket penerbangan saya, sengaja saya transitkan supaya harga tiket kurang. Kalau nak tahu, kena belajar tips dari saya. Saya amat handal dalam hal ini (maaf puji diri sedikit). Pointnya, bila kita dah buat benda yang sama berulang kali, kena ada kepandaian dalam semua segi. Tidak boleh sama sahaja prestasi kita. Dalam rutin pun, kena ada kreativiti.
Transit paling manis bila saya berjaya meninggalkan Tripoli yang bergolak & berdarah akibat perang saudara. Airport tutup. Semua penerbangan dibatalkan. Saya nak pulang semula ke Dubai dengan apa cara sekali pun. Selepas beberapa hari, ada penerbangan keluar. Saya ambil risiko. Saya dapat keluar & transit di Tunis.
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