Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te wā o te pōtitanga ā-paremata i te tau 1978, i te wā i kaitono ai tōna pāpā i te whare herehere, ko te Aquino e whitu tau te pakeke hei whakakapi māna i ngā hui pakanga. I whakaahuatia ia i runga i te whārangi tuatahi o "The New York Times" me te taupoki o "Time Magazine". I noho a Aquino i te nuinga o ona ra kura tuatahi i te United States, i te wahi i whakaraua ai te whanau Aquino. I te 12 o ona tau,
I patua tōna pāpā i runga i te papa rererangi o te taunga rererangi o Manila International. I hoki a Kris Aquino ki Philippines ka haere ki nga huihuinga ki te kawanatanga o Marcos.