Six Iowa volunteer firefighters are making news far from the scene of any fire.
美国爱荷华州的6名志愿消防队员最近成了新闻人物,不过这个新闻却和火灾现场没什么关系。
Six babies were born to the same firefighting family within seven months. The volunteer firefighters said the births of their children this close together wasn't planned. It just sort of happened. And they're glad it did.
这个消防队在7个月内迎来了6个宝宝。这些志愿消防队员称,6个宝宝的出生时间如此接近并未经过什么计划,事情就这样发生了。他们对此很开心。
"We're a family before this and we'll be a family for a long time," firefighter Tom said.
其中一位名叫汤姆的消防员表示:“我们在此之前就是一家人,这么一来我们将一直是家人了。”
After the arrival of Tom Brockett's daughter Neva Jean, the youngest of the group, the six firefighters decided to show off all six their adorable kids in a photo shoot.
在汤姆·布罗克特的女儿、这群宝宝中年纪最小的涅瓦·琼出生后,6名消防员决定拍照晒出全部6个萌娃。
Photographer Debbie Brissey, a friend to several of the men, volunteered to take the photos at the fire station.
其中几人的朋友、摄影师黛比·布里西自告奋勇,在消防局为他们拍摄了照片。
In one picture, the 3 boys and 3 girls were lined up on their dads' fire gear. The firefighters say they plan to make the group photo a yearly tradition.
在一张照片中,3个男孩、3个女孩排队躺在父亲的消防服上。这些消防员称,他们打算把集体合影发展成一年一度的传统。
Some in the fire department say you never know if this could happen again, there are a lot of younger couples in the department who haven't had kids yet.
消防队的一些人表示,你永远不会知道这种事能否再次发生,因为到目前为止,该消防队还有许多年轻人没有生孩子。