Arms Wide Open

No, this does not refer to that song by Creed. This is another Ninoy story.

Ninoy asked his friend to accompany him to the kitchen where Kennedy was shot. Looking at the outline of body still marked on the floor, Ninoy told his friend: "If I get shot on the head like Kennedy, I am not going to go down on my knees. If you get shot like that, you have a few seconds of life left. If that happens to me, I am going to fall straight down and spread my arms so people will know I never gave up even to the last second."

Luis Beltran, journalist