6/29/11
The young people of Amulong Ward north of Tuguegarao all gathered
at the home of a family that lived on the national highway. They were waiting for the jeepney that had been rented to take them to the stadium where the Jubilee celebration would take place. There they along with wards from the entire Northern Luzon region would perform the dances they had been practicing for 18 months. The young people and their leaders loaded down with costumes and props carefully crossed the fast moving and busy highway. Just as the Jeepney was pulling away twelve year old Christine realized she forgot her shoes. In her excitement and rush to retrieve 
them from the house she forgot to look and darted out into the street. It was too late, because when she looked up she saw a fast moving transport van about to smash into her. She reports that just before impact she felt someone wrap their arms around her and hold her close. Christine’s body dented in the front of the van and shattered the windshield. The people in the jeepney were horrified, Christine lay crumpled and still on the street, they thought she was dead. She was immediately loaded in a car and taken to the local hospital. Someone ran the kilometer to her home to inform her parents that their daughter was dead. 
The van driver turned himself into the police thinking he had killed Christine. At the hospital it was determined Christine was alive, but unresponsive. She lay unconscious and unmoving for three or four hours then she awoke. She was kept overnight for observation, but 
was released the next day with only scrape and bruises. We had the opportunity to visit the barangay where Christine lives. The people told us her story and we were taken to meet with Christine several days after the incident. She is a sweet shy girl who lives in a humble home. She told us her story through a translator and was quick to give credit to heavenly intervention for saving her life. Pictures are of Christine, she and her brothers, the place she was hit, and some glass still on the street.
at the home of a family that lived on the national highway. They were waiting for the jeepney that had been rented to take them to the stadium where the Jubilee celebration would take place. There they along with wards from the entire Northern Luzon region would perform the dances they had been practicing for 18 months. The young people and their leaders loaded down with costumes and props carefully crossed the fast moving and busy highway. Just as the Jeepney was pulling away twelve year old Christine realized she forgot her shoes. In her excitement and rush to retrieve 
them from the house she forgot to look and darted out into the street. It was too late, because when she looked up she saw a fast moving transport van about to smash into her. She reports that just before impact she felt someone wrap their arms around her and hold her close. Christine’s body dented in the front of the van and shattered the windshield. The people in the jeepney were horrified, Christine lay crumpled and still on the street, they thought she was dead. She was immediately loaded in a car and taken to the local hospital. Someone ran the kilometer to her home to inform her parents that their daughter was dead. 
The van driver turned himself into the police thinking he had killed Christine. At the hospital it was determined Christine was alive, but unresponsive. She lay unconscious and unmoving for three or four hours then she awoke. She was kept overnight for observation, but 
was released the next day with only scrape and bruises. We had the opportunity to visit the barangay where Christine lives. The people told us her story and we were taken to meet with Christine several days after the incident. She is a sweet shy girl who lives in a humble home. She told us her story through a translator and was quick to give credit to heavenly intervention for saving her life. Pictures are of Christine, she and her brothers, the place she was hit, and some glass still on the street.
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