Iye mukomana akaona Mhandara Maria: chishamiso chaBronx
Chiratidzo chakauya mwedzi mishoma yapera Hondo Yenyika yechipiri. Mota dzevarwi vanofara vaidzoka kuguta kubva kunze. New York yaizvivimba zvisingaiti. "Zviratidzo zvese zvaive kuti raive iro guta rakakura kwazvo rekumadokero, kana kunyangwe pasirese," akanyora Jan Morris mubhuku rake "Manhattan '45". The New Yorkers, akawedzera, achishandisa mutsara kubva kubhuku rine tarisiro remubhuku renguva iyoyo, vakazviona sevanhu "kune izvo zvisingagoneki".
Uku kusakwanisa, chiratidzo, chakakurumidza kupera kubva mumisoro. Archdiocese yeNew York yakaramba kuburitsa chirevo pamusoro pechokwadi uye nekufamba kwemazuva, mwedzi uye makore, maRoma Katurike akakanganwa "Bronx Miracle", sekudanwa kwaakaitwa nemagazini yeLife. Asi Joseph Vitolo mudiki haana kumbokanganwa, kana panguva yeKisimusi kana mune imwe mwaka wegore. Akashanyira nzvimbo yacho manheru ega ega, tsika yakamudzingira kure neshamwari dzake muBedford Park muvakidzani wake ainyanya kufarira kuenda kuYankee Stadium kana Orchard Beach. Vazhinji vari munzvimbo yevanoshanda, kunyange vamwe vakuru, vakamuseka nekumunzwira tsitsi, vachimudaidza kuti "St Joseph."
Kubudikidza nemakore ehurombo, Vitolo, murume ane mwero anoshanda sajanitor kuJacobi Medical Center uye anonamatira kuti vanasikana vake vaviri vakura vawane varume vakanaka, akachengeta kuzvipira uku. Pese paakayedza kutanga hupenyu kure nenzvimbo yemapurisita - akaedza kaviri kuti ave mupristi - akazviwana atorwa mwoyo nekwavakapfuura. Nhasi, vakagara mumba make ane nhurikidzwa nhatu, VaVitolo vakati inguva yakachinja hupenyu, yakamuita nani. Ane akakura uye anokosha scrapbook nezve chiitiko. Asi hupenyu hwake hwakakwira pazera rekutanga: chii chaigona kukwikwidza? - uye kune kuneta, murindi wakamukomberedza,
Wakambozvibvunzawo izvo zvawakaona meso ako? "Handina kumbobvira ndanetseka," akadaro. “Vamwe vanhu vakazviita, asi ini handina. "Ndinoziva zvandaona." Iyo fabulous nyaya yakatanga husiku huviri pamberi peHallic. Mapepanhau aive akazara nenyaya dzekuparadza kwakaitwa nehondo muEurope neAsia. William O'Dwyer, aimbova mumiriri wedunhu reIrish, akange achingova mazuva okusara asarudzwa meya. Yankee mafeni akanyunyuta pamusoro pechikwata chavo nzvimbo yechina; hitter yake hombe yaive yechipiri base Snuffy Stirnweiss, kwete chaizvo Ruth kana Mantle.
Joseph Vitolo, mwana wemhuri yake uye mudiki pazera rake, aive achitamba neshamwari apo kamwe kamwe vasikana vatatu vakati vakaona chimwe chinhu padombo rakavakirwa kuseri kweimba yaJoseph, paVillage Avenue, imwe dhamu kubva kuna Grand Kutaurirana. Joseph akati hapana chaaona. Mumwe wevasikana akataura kuti anyengetere.
Ridza baba vedu. Hapana chakaitika. Ipapo, nemanzwiro makuru, akadzokorora Ave Ave. Pakarepo, akati, akaona munhu anofamba, mukadzi mudiki mutsvuku aive akafanana neMhandara Maria. Chiratidzo chakamudana nezita.
"Ndakabvunzwa," anoyeuka. "Asi izwi rake rakandinyaradza."
Akasvikira nekuchenjera ndokuteerera sezvo chiratidzo chaitaura. Akamukumbira kuti aendako kwemanheru gumi nematanhatu akateedzana kutaura rosari. Akamuudza kuti aida kuti nyika inyengeterere rugare. Asingaonekwe nevamwe vana, chiratidzo chakabva chanyangarika.
Joseph akamhanya kumba kunoudza vabereki vake, asi ivo vaive vatonzwa nezvenhau. Baba vake, bhini remarara raive chidhakwa, vakashatiriswa. Akarova mukomana kuti areve nhema. "Baba vangu vaibata zvakanyanya," akadaro Vitolo. "Angadai akarova mai vangu." "Yakanga iri nguva yekutanga yakandirova." Mai Vitolo, mukadzi ainamata aive aine vana gumi nevasere, uye gumi nevaviri chete vakapona vachiri vadiki, ainyatsoteerera nyaya yaJoseph. Husiku hwakatevera akaperekedza mwanakomana wake kuchiitiko ichi.
Nhau dzaive dzakapararira. Manheru iwayo, vanhu mazana maviri vakaungana. Mukomana akapfugama pasi, akatanga kunyengetera uye akataura kuti kumwe kuratidzwa kweMhandara Maria kwaonekwa, panguva ino achikumbira munhu wese aivepo kuti aimbe nziyo. "Vanhu vazhinji pavakanamata panze husiku hwapfuura uye vakabatidza makenduru emhando yemagetsi vanovhota, ... mota dzinosvika makumi mashanu dzakamisa mota dzadzo padhuze neichiitiko," akanyora George F. O'Brien, mutori wenhau weThe News News , pepanhau reBronx. "Vamwe vakapfugama parutivi penzira pavakanzwa nezve musangano wekusangana."
O'Brien akayeuchidza vaverengi vake kuti nyaya yaJoseph yaive yakafanana neyaBernadette Soubirous, mufudzi murombo uyo akati anoona Mhandara Maria muLourdes, France, muna 1858. Chechi yeRoman Catholic yakaziva zviratidzo zvake. uye pakupedzisira ndakazivisa iye saint, uye 1943 firimu nezveruzivo rwake, "Rwiyo rweBernadette", akakunda mana Oscars. Joseph akaudza mutori wenhau kuti haana kuona iyo firimu.
Mumazuva mashoma anotevera, nhoroondo yakasvetuka zvizere muchiitiko. Mapepanhau akaburitsa mapikicha aJoseph akapfugama zvimwari pachikomo. Vatori venhau vemapepanhau eItaly uye nevekunze vanoenda kunowanikwa, mazana ezvinyorwa zvakatenderedza pasirese uye vanhu vachishuvira zvishamiso vasvika paVitolo imba nguva dzese. "Ini handina kugona kurara husiku nekuti vanhu vaigara vari pamba," akadaro Vitolo. Lou Costello weAbbott uye Costello akatumira chidhori chidiki chakavharirwa mugirazi. Frank Sinatra akaunza chifananidzo hombe chaMary icho chingori mumba yekutandarira yaVitolo. ("Ndangomuona kumashure," akadaro Vitolo.) Cardinal Francis Spellman, bhishopi mukuru weNew York, vakapinda mumba maVitolo nenzvimbo yevapristi vakataura muchidimbu nemukomana.
Kunyangwe baba vaJoseph vakadhakwa vaiona mwana wavo mudiki zvakasiyana. "Iye akati kwandiri," Sei usingaporese musana wangu? " Akarangarira Signor Vitolo. "Uye ndakaisa ruoko kumusana wake ndokuti," Baba, muri nani. " Mangwana acho akadzokera kubasa. "Asi mukomana akaremerwa nekutarisirwa kwese." "Handina kunzwisisa kuti" chii, "akadaro Vitolo." Vanhu vaindipomera, vakatsvaga rubatsiro, vakatsvaga kurapwa. Ndakanga ndiri mudiki uye ndakavhiringidzika. ”
Pausiku hwechinomwe hwezviratidzo, vanhu vanopfuura zviuru zvishanu vaive vachizadza nzvimbo iyi. Ruzhinji rwakasanganisira vakadzi vakatarisana vakasuwa muzvipfeko zvinobata yerosari; kukwikwidza kwevapristi uye masisitori vakapiwa nzvimbo yakasarudzika yekunamata; nevaroora vakapfeka zvakanaka vaive vabva kuManhattan ne limousine. Joseph akaunzwa achiuya uye achibva pachikomo nemumwe muvakidzani akasimba, uyo akamudzivirira kubva kune vanamati veumambo, vamwe vacho vakatobvarura mabhatani mujasi remukomana.
Mushure memasevhisi, akaiswa patafura yekugara yake seyekufamba zvishoma kweavo madhiri anodiwa pamberi pake. Asina chokwadi chekuita, akaisa maoko pamusoro wake ndokunyengetera. Akavaona vese: mavetera akakuvara panhandare yehondo, vakadzi vekare vaiomerwa nekufamba, vana vakakuvara mumunda wekuchikoro. Izvo zvaiita sekunge mini-Lourdes yamuka muBronx.
Hazvishamise kuti nyaya dzezvishamiso dzakakurumidza kubuda. Mr. O'Brien akataura nyaya yemwana ane ruoko rwakawonyana rwakagadziriswa mushure mokubata jecha kubva panzvimbo iyi. Musi waNovember 13, manheru chaiwo ezviporofita zvakaporofitwa, vanhu vanopfuura zviuru makumi maviri vakamuka, vazhinji kuburikidza nemabhazi aishandira kubva kuPhiladelphia nemamwe maguta.
Husiku hwekupedzisira hwakavimbisa kuzove unoshamisa kwazvo. Mapepanhau akataura kuti Mhandara Maria yakanga yaudza Joseph kuti tsime raizoonekwa nenzira inoshamisa. Iko kutarisira kwaive pakukwira kwefivha. Pakunaya kwemvura yakadzika, pakati pe25.000 kusvika makumi matatu zviuru zvekugara. Mapurisa akavhara chikamu cheGreat Concourse. Ma rugs akaiswa munzira yakatungamira kuchikomo kudzivirira vafambi kuti vasawire mumatope. Ipapo Joseph akaendeswa kuchikomo ndokuiswa mugungwa remakenduru mazana maviri emagetsi anopenya.
Akapfeka jira rebhuruu risina mupendero, akatanga kunamata. Ipapo mumwe pakati pechaunga akadanidzira, "Chiono!" Mafungu ekupembera akayambuka rally, kusvikira zvazoonekwa kuti murume uyu aibatidza mucherechedzi akapfeka zvichena. Yaive nguva inomanikidza. Chikamu chemunamato chakaenderera semazuva ese. Mushure mekunge apedza, Joseph akaendeswa kumba.
"Ndinoyeuka ndichinzwa vanhu vachipopota vachiti vange vachindidzosa," akadaro Vitolo. “Ivo vakanga vachishevedzera: 'Tarira! Tarira! Tarisa! ' Ndinoyeuka ndichitarisa kumashure uye matenga anga avhurika Vamwe vanhu vakati vaona Madona muchena achikwira kudenga. "Asi ini chete ndaona kudenga kuchizaruka."
Izvo zviitiko zvinodhaka zvegurukota 1945 zvakaratidza kupera kwehuduku hwaGiuseppe Vitolo. Asisiri mwana akajairika, aifanira kurarama zvinoenderana nebasa remumwe munhu akange akudzwa nemweya wehumwari. Zvino, manheru ega ega na7, airemekedza achikwira chikomo kuti vadzokorore rosari yemapoka madiki aifambira mberi aive achishanyira nzvimbo yaive ichishandurwa nzvimbo inoyera. Kutenda kwake kwaive kwakasimba, asi kuramba achinamata kwake zvechitendero kwakaita kuti arasikirwe neshamwari uye akakuvadza kuchikoro. Akakurira mukomana akasuruvara uye akasurukirwa.
Rimwe zuva, VaVitolo vaive vakagara mumba yavo yekutandarira huru, vachirangarira zvakapfuura. Mune imwe kona pane chifananidzo chakaunzwa naSinatra, rimwe remaoko ake akakuvadzwa nechimedu chedenga rakawa. Pamadziro pane pendi yakajeka inopenya yaMary, yakagadzirwa nemugadziri maringe nemirairo yaVaVitolo.
"Vanhu vaizondiseka," akadaro Vitolo nezvehudiki hwake. "Ini ndanga ndichifamba mumugwagwa uye varume vakuru vakashevedzera:" Pano, St. Joseph. "Ndakarega kufamba ndichidzika nemugwagwa uya." Yakanga isiri nguva iri nyore. Ndakatambura. "Pakafa amai vake vanodiwa muna 1951, akaedza kupa nhungamiro yeupenyu hwake nekudzidza kuti ave mupristi. Akasiya Samuel Gompers 'basa rekunyanzvi uye hunyanzvi chikoro muSouth Bronx uye akanyoresa mune yeBenedictine seminari ku Illinois. Asi zvakakurumidza kusimbiswa pane ruzivo. Vakuru vake vaitarisira zvakawanda kubva kwaari - iye aive muoni pane zvese - uye akaneta netariro yavo yakakwirira. "Vaive vanhu vakanaka, asi vakandityisa," akadaro.
Pasina chinangwa, akasaina imwe musangano, asi chirongwa ichocho chakakundawo. Iye akabva awana basa muBronx senge rekudzidzira basa rekutapa uye akatangazve kunamatira kwake masikati munzvimbo tsvene. Asi nekufamba kwenguva akagumburwa nemutoro, akapedzwa nemakungu uye dzimwe nguva akagumbuka. "Vanhu vandikumbira kuti ndivanamatire uye ini ndanga ndichitsvaga rubatsiro," akadaro Vitolo. "Vanhu vandibvunza: 'Nyengeterera kuti mwanakomana wangu apinde mubato remoto.' Ndingafunga, nei mumwe munhu asingazondiwanira basa mudhipatimendi remoto? "
Zvinhu zvakatanga kuita nani kutanga kwa60s. Boka idzva revanamati rakafarira muzviratidzo zvake, uye nekurudzirwa netsitsi, Signor Vitolo akatangazve kuzvipira kwake kusangana kwake neVamwari. Akakurira padivi peumwe wevafambi, Nyasha Vacca wekuBoston, uye ivo vakaroora muna 1963. Mumwe anonamata, Salvatore Mazzela, anoshanda nemotokari, akatenga imba iyi padhuze nenzvimbo yekuvheneka, achiva nechokwadi chekuchengetedzwa kwayo kubva kuvavandudzi. Signor Mazzela vakave muchengeti wenzvimbo inoera, vachidyara maruva, vachivaka dzimba nekuisa zvimisikidzwa. Iye pachezvake akashanyira nzvimbo tsvene panguva dzekuwongorora kwa1945.
"Mukadzi muboka revanhu akati kwandiri: 'Nei wauya pano?'" Rangarira Mr. Mazzela. "Ndakanga ndisingazive chekupindura." Iye akati, 'Wakauya pano kuzoponesa mweya wako.' Ini ndakanga ndisingazivi kuti iye ndiani, asi akandiratidza. Mwari akandiratidza. "
Kunyangwe muma70 nema80s, yakawanda yeBronx yakakundwa nekusvibiswa kwemadhorobha nematsotsi mhanza, nzvimbo diki iyi yakaramba iri nzvimbo yerunyararo. Izvo hazvina kumboparara. Mumakore aya, mazhinji eIrish neItaly avakapinda munzvimbo inoera vakatamira kunzvimbo dzinochengeterwa uye vakadzorerwa nePuerto Ricans, maDominican nevamwewo vatsva veKaturike. Nhasi, vazhinji vanopfuura havazivi chero zviuru zvezviuru zvevanhu vakamboungana ipapo.
"Ndagara ndichinetseka kuti chaive chii," akadaro Sheri Warren, mugari wemakore matanhatu mugari wemuvakidzani uyu, anga adzoka kuchitoro chekutengesa pamasikati apfuura. "Zvimwe zvakaitika kare. "Chakavanzika kwandiri."
Nhasi, chifananidzo chaMary chine girazi rakange rakafukidzwa izere nzvimbo inoera, yakasimudzwa pachikuva chebwe uye yakaiswa chaiko kwakanangana naVaVitolo. Pedyo pane mabhenji emapuranga evanamati, zvimisikidzo zveMutumwa mukuru Michael neKacheche yePrague uye chiratidzo chakaitwa piritsi neMirairo Gumi.
Asi kana nzvimbo tsvene yakaramba ichirarama kwemakumi emakore, VaVitolo vakarwa. Aigara nemukadzi wake nevanasikana vaviri mune ramshackle imba yemhuri yeVitolo, ine kirabhu ine nhurikidzwa nhatu dhisiki mashoma kubva kuchechi yeSan Filippo Neri, uko mhuri yagara ichida. Akashanda mumabasa akasiyana siyana akaderera kuchengeta mhuri kubva muhurombo. Pakati pama70s, aishandira kuAveduct, Belmont uye mamwe marocourses emunharaunda, achiunganidza urini uye sampu yeropa kubva kumabhiza. Muna 1985 akabatana nevashandi veJacobi Medical Center kuchamhembe kweBronx, kwaanoshanda, achisunungura uye nekuzadza pasi uye zvisingawanzo kuzivisa zvake zvekare kune vanobatana. "Ndichiri mukomana ndaiseka chaizvo"
Mudzimai wake akafa makore mashoma apfuura uye VaVitolo vashandisa makore gumi apfuura vachinyanya kunetseka nezvezvikwereti zvekudziya imba, yaanogovera nemwanasikana, Marie, pane kuwedzera kuwonekera kwenzvimbo inoyera. Padivi peimba yake pane nhandare yakasiiwa uye yakapararira; mhiri kwemugwagwa kune Jerry's Steakhouse, iyo yakaita inoshamisa bhizinesi mukupera kwa1945 asi iko zvino isina chinhu, yakaiswa chiratidzo che1940 chesaoni neon. Kuzvipira kwaVitolo kunzvimbo yake tsvene kuchiripo. "Ini ndinotaurira Joseph kuti huchokwadi hwenzvimbo ino nerai hurombo," akadaro Geraldine Piva, mutendi akazvipira. "IS '
Kana arivo, VaVitolo vanoti kuzvipira nguva dzose kuzviratidzo kunopa revo kuhupenyu hwavo uye kumuchengetedza kubva kunhamo yababa vake, avo vakashaya kuma60s. Anofara gore rega rega, anodaro, kubvira zuva rekucherechedzwa kwemhandara, iyo inoratidzirwa nemazhinji uye nemhemberero. Iyo nzvimbo tsvene inonamata, avo vanosvika makumi manomwe ezviuru zvevanhu, vanofamba kubva kwakasiyana nyika kutora chikamu.
Iye akakwegura muoni akasangana nemufungo wekutama - pamwe kuenda kuFlorida, uko mwanasikana wake Ann uye vaviri veanin'ina vake vanogara - asi havakwanise kusiya nzvimbo yake inoyera. Mapfupa ake anokweva anoita kuti zviome kufamba kune saiti, asi anoronga kukwira sekureba sezvazvinogona. Kune murume akatambura kwenguva yakareba kuti awane basa, zviratidzo zvemakore 57 apfuura zvakaratidza kuve kudana.
"Zvimwe dai ndaigona kutora nzvimbo yacho neni, ndaifamba," akadaro. “Asi ini ndinorangarira, husiku hwekupedzisira hwezviratidzo zva1945, Mhandara Maria haana kutaura zvakanaka. Izvo zvangoenda. Saka ndiani anoziva, rimwe zuva anogona kunge adzoka. "Ukadaro, ndichauya pano ndakakumirira."
