UNDER THE MICROSCOPE
It’s been 40 years since that fateful day when the Filipinos showed the world how to revolt without shedding fellow Filipinos’ blood. Although I was far away from home, doing my fellowship in immunopathology in the United States of America, I distinctly remember those days. Watching people flock to EDSA in defiance of the Marcos rule, I was in awe of their courage in confronting tanks, armored vehicles and heavily armed soldiers equipped only with prayers, flowers and goodwill towards their fellow citizens. The events unfolding on CNN when it was just a struggling network brought tears to my eyes.
It was then that my wife and I decided that it was time to go…