美國20歲女大學生參加吃煎餅大賽被噎死

A college student whose father was killed in the Sept. 11 attacks has died after choking during a pancake-eating contest.

近日，一名大學生在參加一場吃煎餅比賽時被噎死，而她的父親則是9.11恐怖襲擊事件中的遇難者。

Police said 20-year-old Caitlin Nelson died at a New York City hospital last Sunday, three days after participating in the contest at Sacred Heart University.

據警方透露，這名20歲、名叫凱特琳·尼爾森的女大學生，於上週日在紐約一家醫院去世。在去世前3天，她曾在聖心大學參加吃煎餅比賽。

She was from Clark, New Jersey, and was a junior majoring in social work at the Roman Catholic school in Fairfield.

來自新澤西州克拉克的她，生前是費爾菲爾德市這所羅馬天主教學校社工專業的一名大三學生。

"It's a tragic event that started out as something fun," said Fairfield police Lt. Bob Kalamaras. "It was just a tragic accident."

費爾菲爾德市警察鮑勃·卡拉馬拉斯表示：“本來是挺有意思的一件事，最後卻以悲劇收場。這是個悲劇性的意外事件。”

When Nelson started choking at the contest, two nursing students who were there immediately began lifesaving measures and were quickly joined by police officers and paramedics, Kalamaras said.

卡拉馬拉斯稱，事發時，凱特琳在比賽中噎住了，兩名在場的護士專業學生立即採取了急救措施，警方和醫護人員也很快趕到現場。

She was taken to a hospital in Bridgeport in critical but stable condition and transferred to New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center.

隨後，凱特琳被送往布里奇波特的一家醫院，病情嚴重但是情況穩定，並於隨後被送往紐約長老會醫院/哥倫比亞大學醫療中心。

Several thousand people gathered on the Sacred Heart campus last Sunday night to remember Nelson, A Mass dedicated to her was followed by an impromptu candlelight vigil.

上週日晚，數萬人聚集在聖心大學，來緬懷尼爾森的離世，並舉辦了燭光守夜活動爲她祈禱。

Nelson's father, James Nelson, was a Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police officer killed in the Sept. 11 attacks in Manhattan.

凱特琳的父親詹姆斯·尼爾森曾是紐約和新澤西港務局的一名警察，於9.11恐怖襲擊中在曼哈頓遇難。

The 40-year-old was killed while trying to rescue people trapped in the World Trade Center. His obituary said he was survived by two daughters, 11-year-old Anne and 5-year-old Caitlin.

當時，這位40歲的男子爲了營救被困於世貿中心的民衆而去世。他的訃告上寫着，他的生命將由11歲的安妮和5歲的凱特琳延續下去。