overcome
犠牲者の中には日本人の女性もいたニューヨーク マンハッタンの爆発事故現場では後片付けが続けられています。そんな中、地下にあった教会から聖書が発見されました。
After 3 Days of Prayers in East Harlem, a Treasure Is Found in the Ashes
Over three grim and grueling days of digging through the rubble of two East Harlem buildings annihilated in a gas explosion, rescue workers uncovered eight bodies and a catalog of ruined lives. On Saturday, though, they also discovered a small, but precious treasure.
Buried among the scorched debris, firefighters found a Bible belonging to the Spanish Christian Church, which occupied the basement and ground floor in 1644 Park Avenue, one of the buildings destroyed. Though dust-covered and crumpled, the Bible was largely intact, a gold inscription on its spine reading “Santa Biblia.”
When firefighters presented the Bible, the church’s 83-year-old pastor, the Rev. Thomas Perez, who had often stood vigil over the blast site these past days, was overcome. Mr. Perez, who arrived near the site to lead a small prayer gathering, experienced chest pains, witnesses said, and was taken away by an ambulance.
overcomeは「〜を克服する」「〜に打ち勝つ」で押さえている人が多いと思いますが、ここは違う用法です。主語がovercomeされたと発想し、「（…で）まいる」「ぐったりとする」という意味で用いられています。要チェックです。（UG）
