{"id":2884,"date":"2014-02-25T21:07:44","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T05:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=2884"},"modified":"2014-03-04T05:12:25","modified_gmt":"2014-03-04T13:12:25","slug":"armless-fil-am-pilot-to-visit-super-typhoon-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/02\/25\/armless-fil-am-pilot-to-visit-super-typhoon-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Armless Fil-Am pilot to visit super typhoon victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/385515_507769649239327_1746534947_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2885\" alt=\"385515_507769649239327_1746534947_n\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/385515_507769649239327_1746534947_n-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/385515_507769649239327_1746534947_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/385515_507769649239327_1746534947_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Facebook Page of Jessica Cox<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>MANILA, Philippines\u2014Jessica Cox does not have arms&#8211;but her heart is big enough to help and inspire persons with disabilities (PWDs).<\/p>\n<p>The armless Filipino-American pilot and motivational speaker, along with her husband, Patrick Chamberlain arrived in Manila on Feb. 24, Monday to visit areas severely affected by Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan).<\/p>\n<p>The couple was welcomed by Handicap International, one of the nongovernment organizations helping the disabled in Yolanda-affected areas. Cox and Chamberlain are goodwill ambassadors of the said organization, who has been operating in the Philippines since 1985.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are still recovering from the storm. They will need support for years to come. We\u2019re excited to see for ourselves how Handicap International\u2019s mobile rehabilitation teams are working,\u201d Cox said.<\/p>\n<p>Cox had her hands full the next day as she graced a speaking engagement and a fundraising event for PWD\u2019s in cooperation with the Ortigas Foundation Library in Pasig City.<\/p>\n<p>Cox and Chamberlain will also visit Guiuan, Eastern Samar, the hometown of Cox\u2019s mother.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis visit will be like no other. I last visited my family in Eastern Samar in February 2013. Since then, the storm has claimed the life of my great aunt in Guiuan, and damaged each and every relative\u2019s home in some way,\u201d Cox added.<\/p>\n<p><b>A true inspiration<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Cox was born armless because of a rare birth defect. She holds the Guinness World Record for the person without arms to hold a pilot\u2019s license.<\/p>\n<p>She was also recognized as one of the \u201c10 Best Pilots\u201d of Plane and Pilot Magazine and was awarded at the Inspiration Awards for Women in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old motivational speaker is also a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, a diver, surfer, equestrian, gymnast and tap dancer.<\/p>\n<p>Cox has been in 18 different countries to promote her advocacy for PWD\u2019s. She will be in the Philippines for two and half weeks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: Facebook Page of Jessica Cox &nbsp; MANILA, Philippines\u2014Jessica Cox does not have arms&#8211;but her heart is big enough to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":2885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[569],"class_list":["post-2884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","tag-jessica-cox","mauthors-katherine-marfal-teves","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}