布朗决定进攻哈珀斯镇，这是一座距华盛顿只有一百公里左右的小镇，这个小镇在当时属于维吉尼亚州，现在则属于西维吉尼亚州。
Brown decided to strike at Harpers Ferry, a small town about one hundred kilometers from Washington. It was part of Virginia at that time, but is now located in the state of West Virginia.
早在一年前，环保局已就几个州的一系列石油管道泄露起诉科赫工业集团公司，其中一处泄漏导致1994年10月纽埃塞斯和科珀斯克里斯蒂斯湾的12英里长的浮油。
The EPA had sued Koch Industries a year earlier for a series of pipeline leaks in several states, including one that left a 12-mile-long oil slick on Nueces and Corpus Christi bays in October 1994.
接到消息后，有四架飞机调转方向，前往珀斯西南2500公里海域进行搜索。
Four aircraft have been reoriented to the area 2500 kilometres south-west of Perth as a result of this information.
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