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True story: real winners don’t give up!
DIR By: Admin
Date: June 13, 2013, 12:25 am
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This is a true story of a young woman who went through the most
gruesome fire. When you read her story, you’ll realize that your
trials are absolutely nothing compared to what this young girl
went through.
It was September 25, 2000. Maricel Apatan was an 11-year old
girl in Zamboanga. On that day, this little girl went with her
uncle to draw water.
Along the way, four men met them. They were carrying long
knives. They told her uncle to face down on the ground, and they
hacked him on the neck and killed him.
Maricel was in total shock, especially that the men were their
neighbors. She tried to escape, but the men ran after her.
She cried, “Kuya, ‘wag po, ‘wag n’yo akong tagain! Maawa po kayo
sa akin!” (“Don’t kill me! Have mercy on me!”)
But they weren’t listening. With a long knife, a man slashed her
on the neck too.
Maricel fell to the ground and lost consciousness.
When she woke up, she saw a lot of blood. She also saw the feet
of the men around her, but she pretended to be dead.
When they walked away, Maricel ran back home. But along the way,
she saw that both her hands were falling off. Because the men
hacked them too. She cried but she kept running.
Sometimes, she would faint and fall to the ground. But she’d
regain consciousness and run again.
When she was near her home, Maricel called her mother.
Upon seeing her daughter, her mother screamed in terror. She
wrapped her bloodied child in a blanket and carried her to the
hospital.
Here was the problem: From her house to the highway, it was a
12-kilometer walk. It took them 4 hours just to reach the
highway.
When they arrived in the hospital, the doctors thought Maricel
was going to die. But for 5 hours, they operated on her. It took
25 stitches to stitch together the long knife wound in her neck
and back.
Maricel barely survived. And she lost both of her hands.
Ironically, the next day was Maricel’s birthday. She was 12
years old.
But tragedy didn’t end there. When they went home, they saw
their home was gone. It was ransacked and burned down by the
goons.
Being very poor, Maricel’s family also didn’t have P50,000 for
their hospital bills.
But God sent many angels along the way to help them.
Archbishop Antonio Ledesma, a distant relative, paid for
hospital bills and helped them bring the criminals to court.
They were sentenced to prison.
Today, she’s staying with the nuns at Regina Rosarii with Sr.
Eppie Brasil, O.P.
But this is the incredible miracle. Instead of staying down,
Maricel kept running.
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/>of cursing God why she had no hands, she now uses her wrists
in
incredible ways that will boggle your mind.
Maricel was cited as the most industrious, best in computer, and
most courteous in the School for Crippled Children.
In 2008, she graduated from a course in Hotel and Restaurant
Management. She even received a Gold medal for Arts and Crafts.
In 2011, she finished her education to be a chef. Yes, a Chef
without hands.
Nothing can stop this young lady from reaching her dreams.
[center]Real Winners Don’t Give Up![/center]
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Maricel Apatan, a true winner!!!
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