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How 1 family is coping a year after toddler nearly killed in Lapu-Lapu Day tragedy

CBC·Lyndsay Duncombe·about 1 month ago
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A family’s path to healing after the Lapu-Lapu Day attack One year after the deadly attack on the Lapu-Lapu Day festival in Vancouver, CBC’s Lyndsay Duncombe speaks with people who were there, including the family of a toddler who was critically injured and the nurse who jumped in to help save his life. It's hard to keep up with Jeb De La Cruz, known to his family as Jeb Jeb. The 2 ½-year-old dashes through the front room of his family's North Vancouver home, crashing into the couch, climbing, giggling, singing.  "It's like no accident happened to us," said his dad, 44-year-old Val De La Cruz. "Jeb Jeb is like a normal kid right now." On April 26, 2025, De La Cruz and his son were among the dozens of people injured when an Audi SUV rammed into the crowd at Vancouver's Lapu-Lapu Day festival. Eleven people were killed. Jeb almost died at the site, but an off-duty nurse kept him alive with CPR. "God gave us a second life, for sure," said De La Cruz. It's a life that's far from easy, though.…

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