“A blue house… up the hill… past the broken bridge,” Alina said.
Paramedics and police found her mother, Delfina, barely alive in a collapsing shack. Nearby, a notebook revealed Alina’s instructions: If things get worse, take the babies to the hospital. She had followed them perfectly.
Delfina recovered. The twins grew strong. Neighbors and volunteers rallied, helping the family rebuild. Alina’s bravery transformed not just her family’s life, but the entire community.
Five years later, standing in the local community center, Alina was asked what she had been thinking during that impossible journey.
“I was scared,” she said. “But if I stopped, my brothers might die. So I kept going.”
Her old wheelbarrow now sits in the Ridgeford Vale Museum—a symbol of courage, love, and determination. Alina proved that heroism doesn’t always look big. Sometimes, it’s small, barefoot, and unstoppable.
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