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LEON AND THE RACCOON INCIDENT
In 1998, a massive virus outbreak accident occurred in Raccoon City. 100,000 citizens were infected with the virus and turned into Zombies, as the worst biohazard in history became commonly known as the "Raccoon Incident."
Leon S. Kennedy, a rookie police officer just assigned to Raccoon City, was unlucky enough to be caught up in the incident as well. Despite being attacked by Zombies and B.O.W.'s (Bio Organic Weapons), Leon successfully managed to escape from Raccoon City with a few survivors.
However, the many lives lost in front of Leon's eyes due to virus infection and hostile attacks later affected him. The horror and tragedy Leon experienced in the Raccoon Incident triggered an intense resentment against biohazards.
Although Leon became a United States agent not long afterwards, it was rare for him to open up about the Raccoon Incident. Knowing Leon had survived from Raccoon, government officials curious about the circumstances of the incident asked him about it out of interest, but he merely evaded their inquiries.
At one time in a conversation several years ago with Adam Benford, a high-ranking government official who later became President, he recalled the following about the Raccoon Incident.
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"Anyway, at the time, I was just doing what I could to get out of the city alive. Of course, it's true I used my anger at Umbrella for causing the incident as an incentive to act, but it wasn't until after I got out of Raccoon that I really thought about what I could do about it.
In Raccoon, "whatever it takes to get out alive" was all I had.
But to be honest, I think it was hard for Claire and I to keep that motivation going in that hellhole alone. Yeah, that's right. I was just a rookie cop then, and Claire was a 19-year-old college girl.
Actually, there were more than a few times I thought about putting a lead bullet in my head out of despair.
What was the reason I still didn't give up?
It was Sherry, of course.
I don't need to go into the details. She was just a child, a little over 10-years-old, right in the middle of that Raccoon Incident. She was being pursued by a bunch of monsters, having been involuntarily thrust into the spotlight as a key person in a scummy conspiracy of adults. I had to get Sherry out of that hellhole. And to that end, I couldn't give up. I'm sure Claire felt that way more than I did."
In 1998, a massive virus outbreak accident occurred in Raccoon City. 100,000 citizens were infected with the virus and turned into Zombies, as the worst biohazard in history became commonly known as the "Raccoon Incident."
Leon S. Kennedy, a rookie police officer just assigned to Raccoon City, was unlucky enough to be caught up in the incident as well. Despite being attacked by Zombies and B.O.W.'s (Bio Organic Weapons), Leon successfully managed to escape from Raccoon City with a few survivors.
However, the many lives lost in front of Leon's eyes due to virus infection and hostile attacks later affected him. The horror and tragedy Leon experienced in the Raccoon Incident triggered an intense resentment against biohazards.
Although Leon became a United States agent not long afterwards, it was rare for him to open up about the Raccoon Incident. Knowing Leon had survived from Raccoon, government officials curious about the circumstances of the incident asked him about it out of interest, but he merely evaded their inquiries.
At one time in a conversation several years ago with Adam Benford, a high-ranking government official who later became President, he recalled the following about the Raccoon Incident.
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"Anyway, at the time, I was just doing what I could to get out of the city alive. Of course, it's true I used my anger at Umbrella for causing the incident as an incentive to act, but it wasn't until after I got out of Raccoon that I really thought about what I could do about it.
In Raccoon, "whatever it takes to get out alive" was all I had.
But to be honest, I think it was hard for Claire and I to keep that motivation going in that hellhole alone. Yeah, that's right. I was just a rookie cop then, and Claire was a 19-year-old college girl.
Actually, there were more than a few times I thought about putting a lead bullet in my head out of despair.
What was the reason I still didn't give up?
It was Sherry, of course.
I don't need to go into the details. She was just a child, a little over 10-years-old, right in the middle of that Raccoon Incident. She was being pursued by a bunch of monsters, having been involuntarily thrust into the spotlight as a key person in a scummy conspiracy of adults. I had to get Sherry out of that hellhole. And to that end, I couldn't give up. I'm sure Claire felt that way more than I did."
Official Japanese Transcript
レオンとラクーン事件
1998年、ラクーンシティで大規模なウィルス流失事故が発生した。10万人の市民がウィルスに感染し、ゾンビと化した史上最悪のバイオハザードは、通称「ラクーン事件」と呼ばれている。
新米警官としてラクーンシティに配属されたばかりのレオン・S・ケネディも、運悪くこの事件に巻き込まれた。ゾンビやB.O.W. （Bio Organic Weapon）の攻撃にさらされながらも、レオンは数少ない生存者と共にラクーンシティから脱出を果たした。
しかし、ウィルスの感染や敵の襲来によって、レオンの目の前で多くの命が失われたことは、その後の彼に影響を与えた。ラクーン事件で体験した恐怖と悲劇がきっかけとなり、レオンはバイオハザードに対して強い憤りを抱くことになった。
その後、ほどなくして合衆国エージェントとなったレオンだが、彼がラクーン事件について自ら口を開くことはほとんどなかった。レオンがラクーンからの生還者であることを知る政府関係者たちは、興味本位から事件の状況を訊きたがったが、はぐらかすばかりであったと言う。
そんな中、政府高官でのちに大統領となるアダム・ベンフォードと数年前に行われた会話で、彼はラクーン事件に関して下記のように述懐している。
「あのときは、とにかく生きて街から出ることに精一杯だった。もちろん事件を引き起こしたアンブレラへの怒りを行動力にしていたのも事実だが、それに対してどうこう、と本格的に考えたのは、ラクーンから出たあとの話さ。
"何としてでも生きて脱出する"、ラクーンでは、それがすべてだった。
ただ、あの地獄の中でそういったモチベーション保ち続けることは、正直なところ俺とクレアの二人だけでは厳しかったと思う。そりゃそうさ。あのとき俺はただの新米警官で、クレアにいたっては19歳の女子大学生だったんだ。
現に、絶望して自分の頭に鉛弾をぶち込んでやろうかと思ったことは一度や二度じゃなかったよ。
それでも諦めなかった理由？
もちろん、シェリーの存在だ。
詳しいことは言わなくても分かるだろ。あの子は、まだ十歳を越えたばかりの年で、あのラクーン事件のど真ん中にいた。大人たちの汚い陰謀で勝手にキーパーソンに祭り上げられて、バケモノ共に追われる身になっていたんだ。シェリーを、あの地獄の外へ出してあげたかった。そのためには、俺たちが諦めるわけにはいかなかった。きっとクレアは、俺以上にそう思っていたはずさ」
1998年、ラクーンシティで大規模なウィルス流失事故が発生した。10万人の市民がウィルスに感染し、ゾンビと化した史上最悪のバイオハザードは、通称「ラクーン事件」と呼ばれている。
新米警官としてラクーンシティに配属されたばかりのレオン・S・ケネディも、運悪くこの事件に巻き込まれた。ゾンビやB.O.W. （Bio Organic Weapon）の攻撃にさらされながらも、レオンは数少ない生存者と共にラクーンシティから脱出を果たした。
しかし、ウィルスの感染や敵の襲来によって、レオンの目の前で多くの命が失われたことは、その後の彼に影響を与えた。ラクーン事件で体験した恐怖と悲劇がきっかけとなり、レオンはバイオハザードに対して強い憤りを抱くことになった。
その後、ほどなくして合衆国エージェントとなったレオンだが、彼がラクーン事件について自ら口を開くことはほとんどなかった。レオンがラクーンからの生還者であることを知る政府関係者たちは、興味本位から事件の状況を訊きたがったが、はぐらかすばかりであったと言う。
そんな中、政府高官でのちに大統領となるアダム・ベンフォードと数年前に行われた会話で、彼はラクーン事件に関して下記のように述懐している。
「あのときは、とにかく生きて街から出ることに精一杯だった。もちろん事件を引き起こしたアンブレラへの怒りを行動力にしていたのも事実だが、それに対してどうこう、と本格的に考えたのは、ラクーンから出たあとの話さ。
"何としてでも生きて脱出する"、ラクーンでは、それがすべてだった。
ただ、あの地獄の中でそういったモチベーション保ち続けることは、正直なところ俺とクレアの二人だけでは厳しかったと思う。そりゃそうさ。あのとき俺はただの新米警官で、クレアにいたっては19歳の女子大学生だったんだ。
現に、絶望して自分の頭に鉛弾をぶち込んでやろうかと思ったことは一度や二度じゃなかったよ。
それでも諦めなかった理由？
もちろん、シェリーの存在だ。
詳しいことは言わなくても分かるだろ。あの子は、まだ十歳を越えたばかりの年で、あのラクーン事件のど真ん中にいた。大人たちの汚い陰謀で勝手にキーパーソンに祭り上げられて、バケモノ共に追われる身になっていたんだ。シェリーを、あの地獄の外へ出してあげたかった。そのためには、俺たちが諦めるわけにはいかなかった。きっとクレアは、俺以上にそう思っていたはずさ」
Official English Transcript
"Due to errors or changes in localization, the following may contain inconsistencies with the official Japanese text."
LEON AND THE RACCOON CITY INCIDENT
In 1998, a biohazard incident involving a man-made virus contaminated the entire town of Raccoon City. The town of 100,000 became ground zero for the world's single worst biohazard outbreak of the 20th century. The clinical naming of the event as the Raccoon City Incident does nothing to express the tragedy and horror that occurred in that idyllic American town.
During the incident, a rookie police officer named Leon Kennedy was caught up in the nightmare. He was attacked by human infected, a.k.a. zombies, and Umbrella-engineered bio-organic weapons. Against all odds, he and a few other survivors were able to escape the city. He regretted that he was only able to save so few people that day, and the events that transpired in Raccoon City etched themselves indelibly on his mind. From that point on he vowed he would do all he could to ensure the world would never see a tragedy like Raccoon City repeated.
Leon spoke very little of the incident afterwards. Government officials who heard of his survival tried to ask him about what happened out of curiosity, but he always avoided them. However, there was one high-ranking official that he did not avoid. Below are Leon's words as spoken to Adam Benford during a conversation they had years ago, before Benford became president.
I was just glad to have gotten out of there alive. It was all I could think about. Sure, my anger towards Umbrella helped get me through it, but it was only after I got out that I really started thinking about what I could do. It was hard for Claire and I to hold on to any kind of hope in a situation like that. I mean come on, I was just a rookie cop and she was a 19-year-old college student.
To tell you the truth, I even thought about ending it - several times, actually - with just a quick bullet to the head. But I didn't give up. Sherry needed me. She was a 10-year-old girl thrown into a hellish environment with monsters after her, so I had to pull myself together for her sake. She was our reason for not giving up - especially for Claire.
LEON AND THE RACCOON CITY INCIDENT
In 1998, a biohazard incident involving a man-made virus contaminated the entire town of Raccoon City. The town of 100,000 became ground zero for the world's single worst biohazard outbreak of the 20th century. The clinical naming of the event as the Raccoon City Incident does nothing to express the tragedy and horror that occurred in that idyllic American town.
During the incident, a rookie police officer named Leon Kennedy was caught up in the nightmare. He was attacked by human infected, a.k.a. zombies, and Umbrella-engineered bio-organic weapons. Against all odds, he and a few other survivors were able to escape the city. He regretted that he was only able to save so few people that day, and the events that transpired in Raccoon City etched themselves indelibly on his mind. From that point on he vowed he would do all he could to ensure the world would never see a tragedy like Raccoon City repeated.
Leon spoke very little of the incident afterwards. Government officials who heard of his survival tried to ask him about what happened out of curiosity, but he always avoided them. However, there was one high-ranking official that he did not avoid. Below are Leon's words as spoken to Adam Benford during a conversation they had years ago, before Benford became president.
I was just glad to have gotten out of there alive. It was all I could think about. Sure, my anger towards Umbrella helped get me through it, but it was only after I got out that I really started thinking about what I could do. It was hard for Claire and I to hold on to any kind of hope in a situation like that. I mean come on, I was just a rookie cop and she was a 19-year-old college student.
To tell you the truth, I even thought about ending it - several times, actually - with just a quick bullet to the head. But I didn't give up. Sherry needed me. She was a 10-year-old girl thrown into a hellish environment with monsters after her, so I had to pull myself together for her sake. She was our reason for not giving up - especially for Claire.