Pinay Cancer Survivor Survices Turkish Plane Crash

The sister of my colleague at work, who works at the Hague, was supposed to have dinner with Ms. Yango, as she was coming to town. Thank God she was saved.(if the video ain't the correct one, just scroll back until you get to the right video clip, sorry for that, I dunno how kyte works)================Pinay cancer survivor survives Turkish plane crash

by LOUI GALICIA, ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau | 02/26/2009 12:54 PM


A Filipina cancer survivor was among those who survived the Turkish Airlines plane crash in Amsterdam Wednesday, according to an exclusive report of the ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau. The Filipina, Susan Yango, was reportedly among the 50 passengers who were left injured when a Turkish Airlines plane carrying 134 passengers on Flight TK 1951 crashed into a field short of a runway at Schipol airport in Amsterdam.

The incident left nine dead. The Boeing 737-800 had reportedly smashed into three pieces, allowing Yango to exit from the right wing. "Yung mga lalagyan ng ano talagang nagbabagsakan. Hindi yung ano, yung lid talaga, they were coming out of the roof. Tapos makikita mo yung mga wires are coming out of the roof. Ako talaga hindi ko alam kung pano ako makalabas dun eh. I don't know how I came out. Tapos nakita ko nalang ano, get out, get out so dun ako nagpunta sa may exit, nakita ko nakabukas yung exit, dun ako sa may wing lumabas," Yango recounted.

Injuries

Yango, however, suffered injuries from the crash including a swollen right eye, cuts and bruises on her elbow, palm and waist, as well as large bump on her head. Yango told ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau that she suffered pain from a bruise around her waist left by an airplane seatbelt, which jammed against her body upon the crash's impact. All passengers were still wearing their seatbelts because the crash occurred as the plane was making its descent, she said. Rescue workers had immediately brought the passengers to a treatment area where they were reportedly separated into two groups, from the lightly to the seriously injured. Yango was released from the hospital at 5 p.m. Europe time, six hours after the crash. "I was like numb, numb talaga.

Hindi ko alam kung saan ako, kaya I felt na ang tagal-tagal naman ng reaction time na 'to. Then I realized na ang layo-layo naman pala namin sa street. Nakikita ko na yung mga dumadating pero wala pa sila doon. Kasi siguro nakita ko yung iba nakahiga na. They were lying down on the ground and they were just crying. They were just crying," Yango said.

Cancer survivor

In an interview with ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau, Yango said she was thankful for a third chance at life after battling with cancer a few years before. Yango also said that she lucky that she had been asleep when the plane smashed into the ground. "If I had been awake, it would have been worse. Kasi tense ka eh, magtetense ka di ba? So mag-aano yung impact," Yango said. Yango, who is from New York but works in Lebanon, was enroute to The Hague on a business trip Tuesday. However, she decided to reschedule her flight for the next day because of her workload. Yango's friend Rommel Loveranes, also a Filipino was the first person to see her immediately after she was discharged from a Dutch hospital. "I was even joking about it. Of course [it's a] relief. Big relief that she's fine, almost unscathed, and yeah, two times survivor. And yeah...as if nothing happened," Loveranes said.

Note, some words are in Tagalog.