What began as a routine morning drive became a fight for survival in a matter of seconds.

On the 10 Freeway, a violent chain of events sent a massive pole airborne—crashing through a windshield and impaling Janina Akporavbare in the stomach. The impact was catastrophic. The pain was unimaginable. And yet, against every instinct to surrender, Janina stayed awake.

🚗 Clarity in Chaos
Bleeding heavily and in excruciating agony, Janina did the unthinkable: she kept control of her vehicle. With the pole still lodged inside her, she guided her car off the freeway to safety—each second a test of endurance, each breath a choice to live.

🏥 Minutes That Made the Difference
First responders moved fast. Surgeons moved faster. Emergency intervention saved her life, but survival was only the beginning. The injuries were severe, the recovery long and punishing. Days blurred into weeks of pain management, procedures, and rebuilding strength inch by inch.

💪 Healing the Body—and the Spirit
Trauma often closes doors. For Janina, it opened one. Rather than turning away from hospitals and sirens, the experience deepened her calling. The compassion she received—steady hands, calm voices, lifesaving care—ignited a stronger resolve than ever.

🎓 A Calling Forged in Fire
Janina chose nursing—not in spite of what happened, but because of it. She understood, intimately, what it means to be vulnerable on a gurney, to trust strangers with your life, to find hope in the middle of pain. She wanted to be that steady presence for others.

🌟 From Survival to Service
Her story is not just about a crash. It’s about clarity under pressure, courage in crisis, and purpose born from suffering. Janina Akporavbare didn’t just survive a near-fatal accident—she transformed it into a mission.

Because sometimes, the road that nearly ends your life becomes the one that shows you exactly what it’s for.