Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Pasinei nekupikisa kwaCorazon kwekutanga, Benigno Aquino Jr. akafunga kukwikwidza musarudzo dza1978 dzeBatasang Pambansa kubva mutirongo yake semutungamiri webato reLABAN richangobva kuumbwa. Corazon Aquino akaita mushandirapamwe achimiririra murume wake uye akapa hurukuro yezvematongerwo enyika kekutanga muhupenyu hwake panguva iyi yemushandirapamwe wezvematongerwo enyika. Muna 1980 Benigno Aquino Jr. akabatwa nechirwere chemwoyo, uye Marcos akabvumira Seneta Aquino nemhuri yake kuti vaende kunopotera kuUnited States mushure mekupindira kubva kuMutungamiri weU.S. Jimmy Carter kuitira kuti Aquino awane kurapwa. Mhuri yacho yakagara muBoston, uye Corazon Aquino aizorangarira gare gare makore matatu akatevera samazuva anofadza zvikurusa omuchato wake noupenyu hwemhuri. Pana 21 August 1983, Benigno Aquino Jr. akagumisa kugara kwake muUnited States ndokudzokera asina mhuri yake kuPhilippines, uko akaurayiwa pakarepo
pamasitepisi anotungamirira kumugwagwa unobhururuka weManila International Airport. Nhasi nhandare yendege inonzi Ninoy Aquino International Airport, yakatumidzwazve zita neCongress mukukudza kwake muna 1987. Corazon Aquino akadzokera kuPhilippines mazuva mashomanene gare gare ndokutungamirira kufora kwamariro omurume wake, uko vanhu vanopfuura mamiriyoni maviri vakagoverana.