Hi, I Survived listeners. I'm Marissa Pinson. And before we get into this week's episode, I just want to remind you that episodes of I Survived as well as the A&E Classic podcast's cold case files, city confidential, and American justice are all available ad free on the new A&E Crime and Investigation Channel on Apple Podcasts and Apple Plus for just $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year. And now onto the show.

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advised. The fear I felt in my heart was almost paralyzing. But when there's a gun at your back, you do what they told you to do.

Real people.

They all looked at me, and their faces were just like, oh my gosh, what happened to this girl?

And everybody started scattering.

Who faced death.

Alzy would say is I ought to stick you right now.

That's all I should do is just stick you.

Let's just get this over with.

And live to tell how.

I said, this isn't going to turn out well.

We're sick of this.

Why don't you take the money and let's all go home?

But they were greedy.

And they hardened their hearts.

This is I Survived.

It's May 2001 in Palawan Philippines.

Gracia and her husband Martin are Christian missionaries based in the Philippines. They run a flight program supplying tribal villages with food and medicine.

My husband Martin was a missionary pilot, a jungle pilot.

His job was to take food and supplies and do medical evacuations from the tribal villages that we worked with.

For the couple's 18th wedding anniversary, they booked a tropical island getaway.

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