A terminally ill 5-year-old boy took his last breath in the arms of "Santa Claus."

　　身患绝症的5岁男孩在“圣诞老人”怀中逝去。

　　Eric Schmitt-Matzen, who reportedly attends 80 events a year as Santa, was asked to visit the child in the hospital, but when he arrived, the unexpected happened, USA Today reported.

　　据称一年要扮演80多场圣诞老人的埃里克.施密特.马特辛，被邀请到医院去看望一个孩子，不过当他到了医院，意想不到的事发生了，据《今日美国》报道。

　　“The telephone rang. It was a nurse I know who works at the hospital. She said there was a very sick 5-year-old boy who wanted to see Santa Claus,” Schmitt-Matzen told the paper.

　　施密特.马特辛告诉记者，“电话响了，是医院里我认识的一位护士打来的。她说有一位病重的5岁男孩想见圣诞老人。”

　　He told her he needed to change, but she said there wasn’t enough time. "Your Santa suspenders are good enough," she said. "Come right now.’"

　　他就告诉护士自己得换衣服，不过护士说时间不多了。她说，“你的圣诞老人背带装已非常不错了，马上就过来吧。”

　　The Santa lookalike said he arrived at the hospital within 15 minutes to a room full of the boy’s family members.

　　圣诞老人施密特.马特辛表示，他15分钟内就到了医院，房间里满满的都是孩子的家属。

　　“I sized up the situation and told everyone, ‘If you think you’re going to lose it, please leave the room. If I see you crying, I’ll break down and can’t do my job,” he said.

　　他说，“我看了下当时的形势后，对所有人说，‘如果你们要是控制不住自己的情绪，就都站到门外去。否则我看到你们哭，我会和你们一起哭的，这样就无法完成这件事了’。”

　　Everyone left the room.

　　所有人都离开了房间。

　　He handed the boy a gift and had a conversation with him before the boy asked him one final question.

　　他给了男孩一个礼物，然后和他交谈了一会儿，接着男孩提出了最后一个要求。

　　Schmitt-Matzen says the boy gave him a big hug, asked "Santa, can you help me?" and died in his arms.

　　施密特.马特辛说，孩子给了他一个大大的拥抱，说，“圣诞老人，你能帮我吗?”然后在他的怀里走了。

　　Schmitt-Matzen says he left the hospital sobbing and it took him days to recover.

　　施密特.马特辛说他是哭着离开医院的，需要很长时间才能淡忘。

（编辑：何莹莹）