Unformatted text preview: In a crisis, your autonomic nervous system mobilizes the body for action and calms it when danger passes. The bodies response to danger is coordinated and adaptive â preparing you to fight or flee The sympathetic division of your ANS directs adrenal glans to release the stress hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine.
Benigno Aquino, Jr. Imelda Marcos, in full Imelda RomuÃ¡ldez Marcos, nÃ©e Imelda Remedios Visitacion RomuÃ¡ldez (born July 2, 1929, Manila, Philippines), public figure in the Philippines who wielded great power during the 20-year rule of her husband, Pres. Ferdinand Marcos.
On Aug. 21, 1983, Benigno Aquino, a Philippine opposition leader, flew back to his country from exile, hoping to run for office. He had been imprisoned for leading the opposition during the era of martial law under President Ferdinand Marcos, and had been allowed to leave the country for a surgery in the U.S.. But once martial law was lifted, he decided to return, despite the great perils he faced there. Brother in law and journalist Ken Kashiwahara traveled with him that day, and in this piece from the BBC World Service's Witness, he tells the story of what happened the moment their plane landed on the tarmac.