One minute, Colin Patterson was watching TV. The next, he saw pianos flying through the air in the shop where he works as an explosion tore through the building.
前一分鐘，科林·帕特森正在看電視。下一分鐘，他就看到工作的店里鋼琴飛到空中，因為這時一場爆炸炸裂了這棟樓。

"They flew off the ground," said the piano technician, who also lives in the building in Manhattan's East Harlem. He told CNN affiliate WABC that he crawled through the rubble and managed to escape unharmed.
“鋼琴都離開地面了，” 這位鋼琴技師說道，他住在曼哈頓東部的哈林區(qū)。他告訴CNN旗下的WABC新聞臺說他從廢墟中爬出來，所幸沒有受傷。

At least three people were killed in the massive explosion and fire Wednesday that leveled Patterson's building and the one beside it.
周三的這場大爆炸及其引發(fā)的火災(zāi)，發(fā)生在帕特森所在的大樓和旁邊的一棟樓里，此次爆炸中遇難者至少有三名。

Nine people remained missing hours after the blast, city officials said. Firefighters were still frantically picking through rubble in search of survivors.
紐約市官員說，爆炸發(fā)生后有9名人員失蹤。消防員正在廢墟中全力搜索幸存人員。

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Authorities say they think a gas leak was to blame, but they haven't determined an official cause yet.
紐約當(dāng)局稱他們認(rèn)為該爆炸是由天然氣泄漏引發(fā)的，但是到目前為止還未官方公布爆炸原因。

The massive explosion and fire leveled two five-story apartment buildings. At least 63 people were reported injured. More fatalities appeared likely. Fire officials reported that two survivors suffered life-threatening injuries.
大爆炸和火災(zāi)的事故地點是兩棟5層公寓樓。據(jù)報道受傷人數(shù)至少有63名。死亡人數(shù)有可能還會增加。消防局官員表示有2名幸存者還未脫離生命危險。

Near 116th Street and Park Avenue, once the heart of New York's large Puerto Rican community, about a dozen firefighters tore at two-story-high mounds of bricks in a search for survivors from the two buildings, which housed a piano store and an evangelical church in addition to apartments.
鄰近的第116號大街和帕克大道是紐約市波多黎各人聚居區(qū)的中心，一隊消防員正在兩層樓高的土堆和磚瓦中搜尋幸存者，這兩棟爆炸的樓房除公寓外，還有一間鋼琴店和一間福音教堂。

As gas and electric utility workers tore up pavement in an effort to shut gas lines, people gathered in the streets, many crying.
當(dāng)天然氣和電力工人們撥開廢墟試圖關(guān)閉天然氣管道時，圍觀人群聚集在街道上，其中有很多人在哭泣。

"This is a tragedy of the worst kind," New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said, "because there was no indication in time to save people."
“這場事故是一場后果很嚴(yán)重的慘劇，” 紐約市長比爾·德·布拉西奧說道，“因為此前沒有及時的救援預(yù)警信息?！?/div>