Along with helping people reconnect with old flames, childhood friends and even long-lost relatives, the Internet is giving rise to a newer phenomenon: the decades-late apology.

网络正在帮助人们重新联络昔日恋人、儿时好友甚至是失散多年的亲人，并带来了一种较新的现象：迟来数十年的道歉。

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The people most closely affected are the passengers who were injured and, worst of all, those who lost relatives.

受影响最严重的是那些受伤的乘客，最糟糕的是其中那些失去亲人的。

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And Chancellor also found herself victim of many classic soap opera twists: conniving suitors, long-lost relatives, multiple marriages and memory lapses.

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