日期是1929年11月8日。而克利福德·阿姆斯伯里（Clifford Amsbury）在他的哈雷·戴维森（Harley-Davidson）上即将踏上一段旅程，以挽救男人的生命，并使用一些需要的血清。
在那个日期，一位名叫弗兰克·萨加尔（Frank Sagar）的金矿矿工在矿山崩溃中受伤，他的左腿骨折。十二个小时后，萨加尔（Sagar）去了埃伦斯堡（Ellensburg）（华盛顿）综合医院，但他的病情严峻。
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Serum needed
Ultimately, Sagar’s broken leg became infected with gas gangrene. His doctor, Dr. Willam A. Taylor, knew that Sagar would die if he did not receive a lifesaving treatment with a particular serum. Sagar needed three tubes of “poly anaerobic anti-toxin” if he was to survive.
Unfortunately, there was none of the serum in Ellensburg. The closest serum was located in a pharmacy in Seattle, more than 100 miles, and a mountain pass away. Rubenstein’s pharmacy had the serum and, even better, provided a motorcycle delivery service. Rubenstein riders would pick up paper prescriptions and also deliver the actual medicine. In fact, Rubenstein’s promoted the service in newspaper advertisements as early as 1912.
One of the few photos of Clifford Amsbury as shown in a local newspaper. Image credit:基蒂塔斯县历史博物馆.
It is a good thing that Rubenstein’s had not only a motorcycle delivery service but also experienced riders, riders like Clifford Amsbury. Because at the time, it was too stormy and too foggy to fly the lifesaving serum to Ellensburg. So around 12:30 P.M. on November 8th, 1929, Cliff Amsbury jumped on his sidecar equipped Harley-Davidson and hit the road carrying those very dear tubes of serum.
阿姆斯伯里rides with the serum
The route that Amsbury took is not known. But at the time, there was no interstate highway. There was not yet a floating bridge across Lake Washington, which meant Amsbury likely went south to Dearborn, then east on Dearborn to Rainier, and then south on Rainier to Renton, or maybe south on Rainier to Empire Way and on to Renton. Interstate 90 did not yet exist, but there was the Sunset Highway, a precursor to what became U.S. Highway 10, and then I-90.
从伦顿（Renton），日落高速公路可能是阿姆斯伯里（Amsbury）可能通往伊萨夸（Issaquah）的路线，然后是纳夸米（Snoqualmie）通行证。日落高速公路沿着与当前I-90相同的主要路线，但这是90年前的克鲁德路。弯曲，更狭窄，甚至在某些地方都没有铺好，日落高速公路并没有变得更加轻松。
But determined to make the trip quickly, Amsbury set off with some special permissions. He was given a sheriff’s badge as a sort of free pass to speed and for permission to travel on any closed roads. Law enforcement in Seattle phoned ahead to alert other officials that a rider on a critical lifesaving mission was coming.
Serum arrives in Ellensburg
Less than 3 hours later, sometime around 3:15 P.M., Amsbury’s Harley-Davidson could be heard approaching Ellensburg General Hospital. Amsbury had made the 100+ mile trip over a curvy mountain pass in 2 hours and 45 minutes.
埃伦斯堡综合医院接受了萨加尔的治疗。照片来源：基蒂塔斯县历史博物馆.
对于当时的摩托车和骑手来说，这是一个惊人的成就。即使在今天，在现代州际公路上，同样的旅程仅需少45分钟即可。
Tom Samuelsen, one of the founders of the Pacific Northwest Museum of Motorcycling, estimated that Amsbury might have been traveling between 50 and 70 MPH during his ride.
It was quite a journey and event, and to make it in that short a time was astounding. A young guy in the prime of his life, to blast over there to save a dying miner. It’s really, really neat.”
完成任务后，阿姆斯伯里（Amsbury）并没有在埃伦斯堡（Ellensburg）周围划掉。他摔倒了，迅速返回西雅图。没有记录他返回他的起点需要多长时间。
Not so happy ending
天然气坏疽患者弗兰克·萨加尔（Frank Sagar）最初对血清作出反应。但是感染得以延续，他的腿必须被截肢。萨加尔的病情再次发展。但不幸的是，当时53岁的萨加尔（Sagar）转弯了。萨格在上午7:00左右屈服于受伤11月20日星期三。
他被埋葬在圣十字公墓，离阿姆斯伯里（Amsbury）挽救萨加尔（Sagar）生命的道路不远。不幸的是，萨加尔（Sagar）尝试的摩托车救援人员克里夫·阿姆斯伯里（Cliff Amsbury）在两年后去世。他也死于感染，留下了21岁的寡妇。
Belated happy ending
萨加尔（Sagar）和阿姆斯伯里（Amsbury）的故事确实引起了萨缪尔森（Samuelsen）的共鸣。
“It’s just a classic thing with a man, with humans, risking their life to save another, and then the tragedy of Clifford Amsbury dying such a short time later,” Samuelsen said. “I mean, everybody was hoping [for a better outcome], you know.”
Recently, Samuelsen and the太平洋西北摩托车博物馆partnered with the基蒂塔斯县历史博物馆, and a group called老式摩托车爱好者to commemorate Cliff Amsbury and Frank Sagar.
Sagar’s grave is at Holy Cross Cemetery. Up until recently, his grave had no marker. Since neither man appears to have living relatives that anyone could track down, Samuelsen’s group has dedicated a brand new granite marker for Sagar.
圣十字公墓的弗兰克·萨加尔（Frank Sagar）的新墓碑。图片来源：汤姆·萨缪尔森（Tom Samuelsen）
Thanks to the work of Samuelsen and his group, the world can remember the story of Frank Sagar and Cliff Amsbury’s attempt to save his life using a motorcycle over a lonely mountain pass.
Rest in peace, gents.
Featured image credit:Kitsap County Historical Museum
