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家园 【原创】耶稣像遭遇闪电,“雷”得只剩骨架

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俄亥俄州75号州际高速旁,一座6层楼高的耶稣半身像在本周一晚上11:15左右被闪电劈中,整栋雕像着火后烧得只剩结构钢架。邻接的一栋教会剧院房顶受损。此次火灾并未造成人员伤亡。

这栋名为“众王之王”的耶稣雕塑是由“顽石教会”耗资30万美元于2004年建成的。主教声称,这栋耶稣像并非哗众取宠,而是为了帮助人们完成救赎。

“众王之王”的耶稣像被群众昵称为“触地得分耶稣”,因为雕像双臂上举,类似橄榄球赛中触地得分时裁判的示意动作。

外地群众反映,他们从75号公路途径此雕像时,经常为此巨型雕像感到震惊,但其中不少人认为美国应该多搞几座这样的雕像。由于围观拍照者过多,教堂不得不开辟一条道路供游览者使用。

此次火灾发生后,围观群众数量达到新高,过往车辆纷纷停车拍照留念,一度导致75号高速行进缓慢。部分群众下到雕像前的水池里打捞雕像残片收藏。

此教堂牧师说,雕像将会被重建,并且使用防火材料。

6-story Jesus statue in Ohio struck by lightning

Flames shoot up from the "King of King's" statue of Jesus Christ standing outside of Solid Rock Church in Monroe, Ohio in the early morning hours of T AP – Flames shoot up from the 'King of King's' statue of Jesus Christ standing outside of Solid Rock Church …

Tue Jun 15, 9:15 pm ET

MONROE, Ohio – A six-story statue of Jesus Christ was struck by lightning and burned to the ground, leaving only a blackened steel skeleton and pieces of foam that were scooped up by curious onlookers Tuesday.

The "King of Kings" statue, one of southwest Ohio's most familiar landmarks, had stood since 2004 at the evangelical Solid Rock Church along Interstate 75 in Monroe, just north of Cincinnati.

The lightning strike set the statue ablaze around 11:15 p.m. Monday, Monroe police dispatchers said.

The sculpture, about 62 feet tall and 40 feet wide at the base, showed Jesus from the torso up and was nicknamed Touchdown Jesus because of the way the arms were raised, similar to a referee signaling a touchdown. It was made of plastic foam and fiberglass over a steel frame, which is all that remained Tuesday.

The nickname is the same used for a famous mural of the resurrected Jesus that overlooks the Notre Dame football stadium.

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The fire spread from the statue to an adjacent amphitheater but was confined to the attic area, and no one was injured, police Chief Mark Neu said.

Estimated damage from the fire was set at $700,000, $300,000 for the statue and $400,000 for the amphitheater, Fire Capt. Richard Mascarella said Tuesday.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol was at the scene Tuesday to prevent traffic jams and potential accidents from motorists stopping along the highway to take photographs.

The patrol began issuing citations about 4 p.m. Tuesday to motorists for stopping on the side of the highway, dispatcher Adam Brown said. The number of gawkers coupled with construction had slowed I-75 traffic in the area to a crawl, the state Highway Patrol said.

Some people were scooping up pieces of the statue's foam from the nearby pond to take home with them, said church co-pastor Darlene Bishop.

"This meant a lot to a lot of people," she said.

Keith Lewis, of nearby Middletown, arrived at the church around 7 a.m. Tuesday to photograph the remains for his wife. Lewis said he had viewed the statue as both an oddity and an inspiration.

Cassie Browning, a church member from Dayton, said she was driving home when she saw smoke and noticed the statue was missing.

Click image to see before and after photos of the statue

Travelers on I-75 often were startled to come upon the huge statue by the roadside, but many said America needs more symbols like it. So many people stopped at the church campus that church officials had to build a walkway to accommodate them.

Bishop said the statue will be rebuilt.

"It will be back, but this time we are going to try for something fireproof," she said.

The 4,000-member, nondenominational church was founded by Bishop and her husband, former horse trader Lawrence Bishop.

Lawrence Bishop said in 2004 he was trying to help people, not impress them, with the statue. He said his wife proposed the Jesus figure as a beacon of hope and salvation.

雅虎有图新闻

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_lightning_strikes_jesus_statue

新华有图新闻

http://news.xinhuanet.com/photo/2010-06/16/c_12226328.htm

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