Antonia Raissa Dawn Laurel
A LAW student lost
both her legs while another had to have one of her legs amputated following the
blast that hit the final day of the 2010 Bar exams at the De La Salle
University in Manila Sunday (Sept. 26, 2010).
The 25-year-old
Laurel, a 2nd year law student at San Sebastian College, was among the 44
people injured in a melee between alleged warring fraternities.
She is now
recovering at Philippine General Hospital’s (PGH) intensive care unit.
Writing her answers
to questions from ABS-CBN’s Julius Babao, Laurel said that she was in the
“wrong place at the wrong time.”
She, however, was
thankful for being given a chance for a “second life.”
She said a bomb
placed inside a small box exploded in front of her. However, she did not see
who threw the bomb.
Raisa Laurel plans
to continue her studies.
“I still want to
become a lawyer someday,” she said in handwritten notes she gave to ABS-CBN
News.
Doctors amputated
both the legs of Raissa Laurel, 25, a second-year law student at the San
Sebastian College. She was among 44 people injured in a fight between two
warring fraternities.
Doctors declined to
identify the other victim whose left leg they amputated, saying they were still
trying to save her right leg and left hand. She and another female law student
suffered shrapnel wounds and are still confined. Laurel said she was in the “wrong
place at the wrong time,” but she was thankful for being alive.
Raiza Laurel plans
to continue her studies. Her father, Roberto Laurel, was in tears while
describing the pain of knowing that her daughter had lost her legs. He was also
concerned that Raisa Laurel may become depressed because of her disability.
Her father, Roberto
Laurel, was in tears while he described the pain of knowing that her daughter
lost her legs.
“Another doctor,
‘yung anesthesiologist niya… approached me and explained, and he told me that
my daughter would [live to] be a lawyer. So that was the happiest news last
night,” he said.
“Naaawa ako ( i
pity her), pero (but) she has that spirit of….definitely, one day she will
become a lawyer. Iyon pong spirit na iyon, at ang kanyang ambisyon (That's
spirit and her ambition), I hope it is not totally ruined with what has
happened to her,” he added. “At least she would live, but I know na yung
dating… confidence, I don’t know if she could gain back that confidence.”
He urged the
government to bring the perpetrators to justice.
“Gawan po natin ng
aksyon ang pangyayaring ito (Let's make an action for this sad event).We are in
a civilized world, and I believe that with what has happened yesterday, anarchy
na po ang nangyayari eh… I appeal to the government, most especially to the
Supreme Court… I’m sorry if I’m barking at the wrong tree pero sa tingin ko, sa
inyo po ito, tigilan na po natin ang ganito,” Laurel said.
He thanked people
who donated blood for her daughte
Kudos
Raisa Laurel!! .. Bravest law student of San Sebastian College.. It's hard
to believe and see the words she wrote during her interview with a newscaster
julius babao (abs-cbn) -" wrong place at the wrong time" ..from
there I could understand her total acceptance of the tragedy she met.. She
added that during the melee, when a box was thrown at the side of her..she knew
what could happened..She grabbed her purse embraced it that people may
identify her after the blast..She was all in the presence of her mind.
What stroked me
is the smiles and determination of a young filipina to move on with her life..
Thanked the Lord for the second life. And will pursue her ambition to be a
lawyer. She lost legs!.. I don't see any regrets in her.. Her father was so hysterical
for her. So sad that her confidence may lost..But she did not. What happened to
her seemed for her to be just an ordinary injury a when it was not. She display
a strong spirit and an open heart to move on.. I praise her family for all the
support they gave her. Friend and not were there to boost her will power.
To Antonia
Raissa Dawn Laurel:
May
you continue to inspire the world with your spirit..Touch many sad
and struggling lives..I pray for your success destinations.. to be an
excellent lawyer one day. You symbolizes the Philippines to rise and move to be
a better nation!!!! Kudos Amiga Raisa!!!!!
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