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The Brave Nurse Who Was the Lone Survivor of a Massacre
Student Corazon Amurao was weeks from graduation when she became a Final Girl in a crime that shocked America.
It was the 1960s, and the USA was inviting students from abroad to study nursing to fill some of the gaps in its healthcare industry. Corazon Amurao was one of the young women who answered the call, moving from the Philippines to Chicago to pursue a prestigious new career.
However, little could she have known that the fun-filled student dorms she shared with her friends would soon become the scene of one of the worst mass murders the country had ever seen.
Typical student life
Corazon had already been working in nursing in the Philippines when she applied to work in the US, but she would undoubtedly have relished the opportunity to earn better wages in Chicago which she could send back to her family near Manila.
She was one of eight children, and she was widely known for her hard-working nature, adaptability and unyielding fearlessness, despite her 4’11” height.
The young woman worked towards her new qualifications at the South Chicago Community Hospital and lived at 2319 East 100th Street in Jeffrey Manor, a middle-class…
