MOTHERS
AND THEIR
TRUE AMAZING
SACRIFICES
HUMAN SHIELD
In April last year, a social activist
and mother, Ong Ai Siam, and her
daughter were trekking along a
trail at Gasing Hill in the state of
Selangor when a group of four
teenagers menacingly approached
them. Without any hesitation, Ong
pushed her daughter backwards
and told her to run away. Ong was
immediately stabbed with a kitchen
knife by the group in front of her
daughter, and when the robbers tried
to move closer to the young girl,
Ong selflessly blocked them. The
robbers continued stabbing her. Ong’s
daughter screamed and the robbers
immediately fled empty-handed. Ong’s
last words to her daughter before she
passed away was “I love you so much”.
ONE LIFE FOR
ANOTHER Chiara Corbella
was overjoyed when she received the
good news that she was pregnant.
She and her husband had been trying
for a child for very long – her first two
children passed away shortly after
birth due to birth defects – and when
the doctor told them that the foetus
was developing normally, the both of
them were ecstatic.
Unfortunately, jubilation quickly
turned into sorrow when Chiara was
diagnosed with an aggressive form
of cancer. The doctors told her that
the cancer could be managed with
treatment. However, undergoing this
treatment would mean putting her
unborn baby in a position of extreme
risk. Chiara decided to postpone it
until Francesco was born so that he
could grow up strong and healthy.
Baby Francesco arrived healthy and
happy, and Chiara underwent the
different treatments. Tragically,
the cancer had ravaged her insides
and it became clear that death was
imminent. On 13 June 2012, Chiara
passed away.
OMMY
M
TR VIA
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• Valentina Vassilyeva gave birth to 16 sets of twins, seven sets of triplets and
four sets of quadruplets over a period of 40 years (1725 – 1765)! She still holds
the record for the most number of children, 69 in total, birthed by one woman.
• The youngest confirmed mother in medical history is Lina Medina from Peru
who gave birth to a healthy baby boy at the age of five years, seven months
and 17 days. Her parents had brought her to the hospital when her abdominal
grew at an alarming rate. Originally thinking it was