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The car the crashed into NAIA Terminal 1 on May 4, 2025. ABS-CBN News/File

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Young girl who survives NAIA car crash fears airport, says pa

Dennis Datu

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/174659481225520250504-naia-vehicular-accident-RE.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="The car the crashed into NAIA Terminal 1 on May 4, 2025. ABS-CBN News/File"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">The car the crashed into NAIA Terminal 1 on May 4, 2025. <em>ABS-CBN News/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>A seven-year-old girl who survived the car crash at NAIA Terminal 1 no longer wants to return to the airport, her father says.</p><p>In a video circulating on social media, just moments after an SUV rammed into the entrance lobby of the departure area at NAIA Terminal 1, people can be seen in a state of panic, with injured victims lying on the ground.</p><p>One of the most striking scenes was that of a young girl in a white dress, injured and crying loudly, crawling toward a bloodied woman lying motionless on the floor.</p><p>Rescue teams rushed both the seven-year old child and the woman to the hospital.</p><p> It was later confirmed that the child was the cousin of the 4-year-old girl who died in the NAIA tragedy.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/4/casualties-reported-in-car-crash-at-naia-terminal-1-departure-area-0937"><strong>Car crash at NAIA Terminal 1 departure area leaves 2 dead<br/></strong></a></div><p>The woman lying on the floor was her 62-year-old grandmother.</p><p>In a phone interview with ABS-CBN News, the child&#x27;s father, Daniel Masongsong, said his daughter wanted to help her grandmother, but didn’t know how.</p><p>“Punong-puno ng pag-alala sa kaniyang lola sa mga oras na iyon ang nararamdaman ng bata,” Daniel said.</p><p>The child was brought by her grandmother to the airport to send her uncle, Danmark Masongson, off.</p><p>According to the child&#x27;s father, the tragic event at NAIA caused severe trauma to his daughter.</p><p>The child hasn’t talked about what happened, except that she does not want to go back to the airport.</p><p>“Ang huling sinabi lang po niya sa amin ay napasigaw po siya na ayaw na niya daw po niya sa airport bumalik. Nakakausap naman siya kaso kapag may iba na tao, hindi na po siya makausap,” Daniel added.</p><p>The child is now in stable condition and eating well, although she still occasionally complains of neck pain.</p><p>She opts to spend time at the hospital to care for her grandmother, who is still having difficulty moving.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/5/driver-in-naia-crash-faces-reckless-imprudence-charge-1645"><strong>READ: Driver in NAIA crash faces reckless imprudence charge</strong></a></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rCDDwU_eioU?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>A seven-year-old girl who survived the car crash at NAIA Terminal 1 no longer wants to return to airport, her father says.</p>

A seven-year-old girl who survived the car crash at NAIA Terminal 1 no longer wants to return to airport, her father says.

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Young girl who survived NAIA car crash now fears airport, says pa

Dennis Datu,

ABS-CBN News

Published May 07, 2025 01:26 PM PHT

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