VOA慢速英语：美国波士顿爆炸案幸存女孩在迪拜出车祸身亡

美国波士顿爆炸案幸存女孩在迪拜出车祸身亡

A college student who survived the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013 has died in a car accident in Dubai.

2013年波士顿马拉松爆炸案幸存者之一维多利亚·麦格拉斯，近日在迪拜的一场车祸中不幸身亡。

Victoria McGrath was a student at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. The university said in a statement that McGrath and another student, Priscilla Perez Torres, were killed during the weekend.

维多利亚·麦格拉斯是美国东北大学的学生，该大学位于马赛诸塞州的波士顿。

The two friends, both 23 years old, were on a personal trip to the Persian Gulf country in the Middle East.

Boston Marathon bombing victim Victoria McGrath, 20, center, thanks people who help her when she was injured and help her recovery during the Boston Strong Concert: An Evening of Support and Celebration at the TD Garden on Thursday, May 30, 2013 in Boston

麦格拉斯和她的朋友都是23岁，她们当时正在中东的波斯湾国家旅游。

News reports say the driver and another passenger were also killed in the crash of a Ferrari sports car. The driver was identified as Canadian Boxer Cody Nixon.

新闻报道司机和其他一名乘客也在这次法拉利车祸中死亡。该司机为加拿大拳击手科迪·尼克松。

The U.S. Embassy in Dubai declined to comment.

美国驻迪拜大使馆对此事件不愿评论。

McGrath survived the Boston Marathon bombing in April 2013. The terror attack killed three people and injured more than 200. She received injuries from shrapnel that struck her left leg when the first of two bombs exploded.

麦格拉斯是2013年4月波士顿马拉松爆炸案的幸存者。该恐怖袭击致3人死亡，200余人受伤。当时先爆炸的两个炸弹弹片击中了她的左腿。

McGrath and a firefighter, James Plourde, appear in an AP news agency photo from the attack area.

美联社对这场袭击的报道中有麦格拉斯和一名消防员James Plourde的照片。

Plourde said he and his family were “devastated with the loss of our dearest friend,” the CBS News website reported.

Plourde说他和他的家人“对我们最亲爱朋友的离开感到非常震惊”，哥伦比亚广播公司报道。

McGrath’s parents told AP that their daughter responded to the bombing with determination and humility. They say she worked with poor and disabled children. After the Boston Marathon bombings, she also worked with veterans, they said.

麦格拉斯对美联社表示，他们的女儿面对爆炸时很沉着。他们说她一直帮助穷人和残疾的儿童工作。他们说，她在波士顿马拉松爆炸事件后，还帮助慰问退伍老兵一起。

Northeastern University President Joseph Aoun sent a statement to the university community about the accident. He called McGrath’s and Torres’s deaths “a heartbreaking loss to their families, friends, and to all of us in the Northeastern family.”

东北大学校长约瑟夫·奥恩写信将死讯告知东北社区。他将麦格拉斯和托雷斯的死称为“她家人、朋友和所有东北部人们沉痛的损失”。

He said McGrath was from Weston, Connecticut. Perez Torres came to the university from Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.

他说麦格拉斯来自康乃迪克州，韦斯顿。佩雷斯.托雷斯来自波多黎各的瓜伊纳沃。

McGrath was studying business at the university in Boston.

麦格拉斯在波士顿的大学主修商业。