Benigno Ninoy Aquino Monument in Quezon City
At the intersection of Quezon and Timog Avenues in Quezon City stands a monument for Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino, Jr., with his right arm raised. The dedication at the foot of the statue reads:
“Quezon City dedicates this monument in honor and lasting tribute to BENIGNO Ninoy AQUINO JR, whose life embodied that of a fiery fiscalizer who lived an exemplary patriotic life.
In 1950, 17-year old Ninoy became a Manila Times War correspondent in Korea. In 1952 when he was assigned to Indo-china covering the last moment of French colonialism in Asia at Dien Bien Phu. Three years after, at age 22, he was elected as the youngest mayor of his hometown, Concepcion, Tarlac. He was Most Outstanding Senator in 1957 and voted Man of the Year in 1971. He manifested heroism in leading his party in Plaza Miranda as he survived the bomb blast to continue his fight for democracy.
On September 22, 1972, a day after the declaration of Martial Law, Ninoy was arrested, detained and imprisoned at Fort Bonifacio and in Laur, Nueva Ecvija for 7 years and 7 months in solitary confinement. He went on a protest hunger strike while in prison from April 4 – May 13, 1975. On May 8, 1980, he was released from Fort Bonifacio to undergo triple bypass operation at Texas, U.S.A.
On August 21, 1983, Ninoy returned in his homeland and was assassinated at the airport after disembarking from the plane. This was the event that changed the course of Philippine history. Ten days after his death, a funeral march from Sto. Domingo Church in Quezon City to Manila Memorial Park was joined by around two million people. This was considered the longest funeral march in world history.”
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