CNN 2011-02-23

One last call just doesn't seem to cut it. Well, some incredible surveillance tape tops our look across country.

Wednesday, 1:30 in the morning, this SUV plows¹ in front of a Massachusetts liquor store. The driver gets out, apparently² looking to wet his whistle. He couldn't reach the bottle so he ends up just taking off, and later caught in a DUI arrest. Oh, yes, up until this point, by the way, he was well respected in the community. His name, Dr. Joseph Grillo.

I feel very badly about what happened and you know, plan to take suitable action.

Animal control officers in Boise, Idaho took suitable action when they heard about a Jack⁴ Russell terrier caught in a tight spot, like a drainage pipe for some 19 hours. His name, Eddie. You can actually hear the one-year old pooch whimpering during the entire rescue process. But all's well that ends well. Eddie is now free and his owner ecstatic.

And from Inglewood, Florida, necessity is the mother of all inventions. Since Brian David was injured in a traffic accident decades ago, he found conventional wheelchairs to be a real pain. So he made his own type of transportation, something akin³ to a motorized gurney. He called it an IGMA, short for "it gets me around." Could be a prototype as Brian is thinking about building more to help injured service men and women.

Well, there are so many amazing stories within the ranks of our military, but none quite like Army Captain Scotty Smiley. He's a decorated Army ranger⁵, a family man and a thrill seeker.

Check out Scotty sky diving and now catching⁶ waves in Hawaii, climbing Mount Rainier. A pretty amazing young man, isn't he? Well, the amazing factor just gets bigger. Captain Scott Smiley is blind.

The Army's first active blind duty officer ever and he's living life to the fullest. A car bomb in Mosul, Iraq, almost killed him. A bomb went off just yards away landing him in the hospital and cost him his sight.

He writes about it in his book "Hope Unseen" and I sure hope that you'll take a chance to read it.

1 plows   

n.犁( plow的名词复数 )；犁型铲雪机v.耕( plow的第三人称单数 )；犁耕；费力穿过

参考例句：

• Alex and Tony were turning awkward hands to plows and hoe handles. 亚历克斯和托尼在犁耙等农活方面都几乎变成新手了。
• Plows are still pulled by oxen in some countries. 在一些国家犁头仍由牛拖拉。

2 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

3 akin   

adj.同族的，类似的

参考例句：

• She painted flowers and birds pictures akin to those of earlier feminine painters.她画一些同早期女画家类似的花鸟画。
• Listening to his life story is akin to reading a good adventure novel.听他的人生故事犹如阅读一本精彩的冒险小说。

4 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

5 ranger   

n.国家公园管理员，护林员；骑兵巡逻队员

参考例句：

• He was the head ranger of the national park.他曾是国家公园的首席看守员。
• He loved working as a ranger.他喜欢做护林人。

6 catching   

adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住

参考例句：

• There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
• Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。