Vehicle drivers will have all, at one point, stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake. And then hoped that wouldn’t happen again in a more-serious situation. But it did recently, and very fortunately a crowd came to the rescue, before the police even arrived.
车辆驾驶员将在某一时刻踩油门而不是踩刹车。然后希望在更严重的情况下不会再发生这种情况。但最近确实发生了这种情况，非常幸运的是，在警察到达之前就有人群前来救援。
It was in Suzhou on 19 May that a car ended up in one of the City’s many canals for which it is so famed. In it were one adult male and a young boy. The car began sinking.
5 月 19 日，在苏州，一辆汽车冲进了这座城市闻名的众多运河之一。里面有一名成年男性和一名小男孩。汽车开始下沉。
A witness to the events, a Ms. Qin, said that the vehicle had turned a corner and then promptly sped up instead of slowing down, careering into the canal. Qin said she believed the driver had put their foot on the accelerator and not the brake.
目击者秦女士称，车辆拐过一个弯后，不减速度，立即加速，冲入运河。秦说，她相信司机把脚放在了油门上，而不是刹车上。
Qin added that a child’s crying could then be heard coming from the car.
秦补充说，随后车内传来孩子的哭声。
But the canals of Suzhou are popular places. As a result, there was no shortage of people along the canal banks willing to help.
但苏州的运河却是颇受欢迎的地方。因此，运河两岸不乏愿意提供帮助的人。
Several wasted no time in entering the waters. As can be seen in a video report by The Paper published in the afternoon of the same day, one man pulls frantically at a door handle on the car, while others attempt to gain entry from the vehicle’s roof.
有几个人立即进入水域。澎湃新闻当天下午发布的视频报道中可以看到，一名男子疯狂拉动车门把手，其他人则试图从车顶进入。
That’s when the principal hero, another man who had wisely and quickly availed himself of a hammer, leapt into the canal.
就在那时，主要的英雄，另一个明智而迅速地使用了锤子的人，跳进了运河。
He swam up to the car and with a hasty, heavy blow, was able to shatter the vehicle’s rear windscreen.
他游向汽车，猛烈一击，打碎了汽车的后挡风玻璃。
With water now gushing into the car, its sinking into the depths of the canal quickened.
随着水涌入汽车，汽车加速沉入运河深处。
But as a result, the men in the waters were then able to extract the two passengers from the car and into a boat that had been brought alongside to facilitate in saving the them.
但结果，水中的人随后将两名乘客从汽车中救出来，并转移到了一艘为了拯救他们而停在旁边的船上。
That’s when the police decided to show up. With nothing else to do, they were left to track down the men who had participated in the rescue to make the appropriate commendations.
就在这时，警察决定出面。由于无事可做，他们只能寻找那些参与救援的人，并给予适当的表彰。
