What a story this is...
Is it a miracle?
Girl blessed by the Pope at WYD 2008
survives being run over by a bus
By John Mcdonnell
18th February 2011
SYDNEY - The father of a three-year-old girl who was left almost without a scratch after being run over by a bus has accredited her miraculous escape to the power of God.
Peter Hill was convinced his daughter Claire - who was blessed by Pope Benedict XVI as a child - was dead when a 22-seater bus rolled on top of her in Australia's South Coast, pinning her to the ground.
But little Claire is set to be released from a Sydney hospital today after suffering little more than some minor cuts and bruises following Tuesday's accident involving the four-tonne vehicle.
Medical staff are at odds to explain how the youngster managed to survive without any major injuries or broken bones, but her father has put her escape down to divine intervention.
'I couldn't think anything other than a guardian angel was holding that bus up and keeping the weight off her,' Mr Hill told the Sydney Morning Herald.
The accident happened when Mr Hill accidentally rolled his bus while waiting in a queue for petrol at Woolworths service station in Nowra, landing on Claire, who had hopped out of the vehicle.
'At that moment I thought: "God, I've killed her,"' said Hill.
As Claire lay helplessly under the bus, her mother Sue, a strong believer in God, told her daughter to pray.
'I had put a miraculous medal [of the Virgin Mary] on her just an hour before,' said Mrs Hill.
The child was blessed by the Roman Catholic pontiff during his trip to Sydney in 2008.
Staff at Sydney Children's Hospital have confirmed that the young girl has no serious injuried and is expected to make a full recovery.
[Modificato da TERESA BENEDETTA 17/02/2012 16:02]