Abantu abaphakathi kwi-Naval academy yase-US bathwala uMidshipman u-Justin Zemser kwimoto yokulinda emva komngcwabo wakhe ngoMeyi 15, 2015 eHewlett New York. UZemser wayengomnye wabantu abasibhozo ababulawa kukucinywa koololiwe baseAmtrak nge-12 kaMeyi ePhiladelphia. (Ifoto: Kena Betancur / Getty Izithombe) Kwiveki ephelileyo, besikhatshwa ngumfoti wevidiyo kwisabelo esibuhlungu kodwa esikhuthazayo: ebenodliwanondlebe nootitshala, abahlobo kunye nabaqeqeshi bakaJustin Zemser. UZemser usweleke ngoMeyi ophelileyo kwingozi yeAmtrak emantla ePhiladelphia. Wayeneminyaka engama-20 kuphela ubudala, kwaye wayebuyela ekhaya e-Far Rockaway esuka kwi-Naval Academy apho wayengumntu ophakathi eqala nje kwiklasi yakhe yesibini (junior). Ifilimu ayizukusetyenziselwa ukunika ijaji yomanyano ukuva isuti yokufa engalunganga ngengqondo yobomi bukaZemser, kodwa isebenze njengenkuthazo kwabo bangazange badibane naye.
U-Jillian Jorgensen we-Braganca naye wenzakala kule ngozi, eyabulala abasibhozo yaza yalimala ngaphezulu kwama-200. U-Amtrak uvumile ukuba noxanduva: uloliwe wayehamba iikhilomitha ezili-106 ngeyure, ngaphezu kokuphinda kabini isantya esivumelekileyo.
'UJustin wayeyinkokeli yendalo, mhlawumbi eyona ibalaseleyo endakha ndayibona.'
Njengokuba sifikile emva kwemini ngoMgqibelo kwisikhululo seChannel View kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo soPhando, apho ilitye lesikhumbuzo elihlonipha uZemser lihleli nje iinyawo ukusuka kwisigebenga Z esalukiwe sothango oludibanisa amakhonkco ngabahlobo bakhe, ibhasi etsalwe kwindawo yokupaka. Amadoda angama-50 e-Annal Academy ahamba esuka e-Annapolis esiya eSikhumbuzweni se-9/11 kwaye ayokuzimasa le ndibano ingacwangciswanga ngaphambi nje kombulelo. Abanye babaphakathi babekhe bafunda noZemser, kodwa ngaphezulu kwesiqingatha babengama-plebes (abatsha) ababengekaqali e-Academy xa kusenzeka ingozi. Kwiziko apho ixesha lasimahla liyinto exabisekileyo — izicelo zokufumana inkululeko iiyure ezili-12 ngeveki ukuya edolophini — la yayingamavolontiya akulungeleyo ukunyamezela uhambo olunzima ngokweemvakalelo. I-upperclassmen iphulukene nexabiso elixabisekileyo lokuphela impelaveki-enye yesine kwisemester nganye-yokuhamba neerhafu zabo ezincinci, kwaye babelane ngento eyenze ukuba uJustin Zemser abaluleke kakhulu.
Babenento abayaziyo ngoJustin Zemser kuba igosa lenkampani, ukapteni waseLwandle, wayegcine iibhodi ezimbini ezinkulu eBancroft Hall-indawo yokulala esembindini-enemiyalezo uZemser ayithumele kwabo afunda nabo ngeentsuku zabo ezininzi ezinzima. Eminye yemiyalezo yayineembekiselo zembali; ezinye zazinentsingiselo yenkcubeko; zonke zazinomdla.
Iizicelo zazimi ebaleni elinomoya, isibhakabhaka saseNew York sibonakala mgama, siphulaphule amabali malunga nokuba, njengomfundi kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo, uZemser wayeqokelele izihlobo zakhe ukunceda abahlali bendawo abatshatyalaliswe yiNkanyamba uSandy; indlela awayeqiniseke ngayo kubalingane bakhe ukuba bafunde kwaye bathathe uvavanyo lweSAT ngokungathandabuzekiyo, ukuba baphumelele imali yokufunda kwaye baye ekholejini; nokuba angathetha njani namalungu emigulukudu kunye neenkokheli zecawe ngokufanayo. Emva koko umntu ohlala naye waseZemser's Academy wenyuka waya kuthetha nesihlwele. Uxelele indlela anqunyulwe ngayo lo mfundi we-4.0 kwiqela lebhola ekhatywayo kunyaka wakhe omtsha e-Akhademi, kodwa wazivolontiya ukunceda iqela nangaliphi na ixesha, eziqinisa ngakumbi kwigumbi lobunzima. Ngomntwana omncinci (sophomore) unyaka, u-Z wayesele enze iqela lebhola ekhatywayo elingasindi, kwaye wabeka umbono wakhe wokuba yi-Navy SEAL. Bambalwa abafundi be-Z ababelana nabo ekwabelaneni ngalo mbono, kodwa ngaphezulu kwabambalwa bavuma ukuqeqesha uvavanyo-kuba uZ ubenze babona ukubaluleka kokubeka iinjongo ezinzima nokuzama ukuzifezekisa.
Omnye nomnye, abantu baya kumfanekiso wevidiyo kwaye bazinikela ngamabali. Ngamnye wayenokukhumbula okwahlukileyo kwaye uninzi lwaqala ukulila ngaphambi kokuba ligqibe. Kodwa bonke bagqithisa umyalezo ofanayo: UJustin Zemser wayengumzekelo kubantwana abahluphekileyo nabambalwa abaye kwiChannel View kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo soPhando. Ootitshala bamchaza njengontanga yabo ekrelekrele, kwaye igosa lenkampani yakhe yeAcademy -ukapteni waseMarine-wathi wayeyinkokheli yokwenene. UKapteni Brandy Soublet uthe, uJustin wayeyinkokheli yendalo, mhlawumbi eyona intle endakha ndayibona.
UJustin Zemser kuphela kwelungu elimhlophe leqela lebhola ekhatywayo kunye nomphathi walo. Abadlali beqela lakhe bakhumbula indlela awayebakhuthaza ngayo-ezifundweni nasebaleni. Intombi yakhe yase-Afrika-yaseMelika yathi yayiyindoda-kwaye ngoku kulindeleke ukuba yonke enye indoda ibe yinto enye. Ukusweleka kwakhe, uZemser wayengumongameli we-Jewish Midshipmen's Club, kwaye ngaphezulu kwama-50 amalungu eklabhu avela kwiklasi ye-2017 enza uhambo oluya eNew York emngcwabeni. Into eyenze loo nto ingaqhelekanga yayikukuba kuphela ngama-11 angama-midshipmen angamaJuda kwiklasi yonke ye-Academy. Usekela-mongameli weklabhu, umKristu ovela e-Oregon, uthe yayiyinjongo kaZemser ukuveza abo afunda nabo kubuYuda.
Uyenzile loo nto nangaphezulu kubomi bakhe obufutshane kakhulu. Abazali bakhe baphulukana nomntwana ekuphela kwakhe. Abo afunda nabo e-Academy baphulukana nomhlobo, kwaye abantu abancinci baseRockaway baphulukana nomzekelo. Kwaye abanye bethu, abangazange bamazi uJustin Zemser, balahlekelwa ngumzekelo oqaqambileyo wezona zilungileyo zaseMelika.
