{"id":6782,"date":"2011-08-31T13:13:06","date_gmt":"2011-08-31T17:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=6782"},"modified":"2011-08-31T13:09:44","modified_gmt":"2011-08-31T17:09:44","slug":"abc-news-earthquake-restores-mans-hearing-a-miracle-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/08\/abc-news-earthquake-restores-mans-hearing-a-miracle-for-me","title":{"rendered":"ABC News: Earthquake restores man’s hearing, “a miracle for me”"},"content":{"rendered":"

For Robert Valderzak of Washington, D.C.,\u00a0the recent Virginia\u00a0earthquake was a miracle.<\/p>\n

“Ever since he fell and fractured his skull on Father’s Day, 75-year-old Valderzak had suffered severe hearing loss,” reports Katie Moisse of ABC News. “But after the 5.8 quake, he could hear everything.”<\/p>\n

“It was God’s blessing,” Valderzak told ABC, his voice shaking with emotion. “It was a miracle for me.”<\/p>\n

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Valderzak was visiting with his daughter and three sons when the quake rattled D.C.’s Veterans Affairs Hospital, where he is battling cancer.<\/p>\n

“It shook me terrible — right out of the bed,” said Valderzak. “But after that it stopped. And my son talked to me, and I could hear his voice.”<\/p>\n

Tests confirmed Valderzak’s significant hearing improvement.<\/p>\n

“It was a miracle,” he says. “And now I’m going to beat cancer, too.”<\/p>\n

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