NATCHEZ &8212; Cathedral Elementary students Anna Roboski and Pepper Taylor witnessed a miracle Tuesday.

They didn&8217;t know it when they saw Pamela Avellanosa walk into the school cafeteria Tuesday morning.

But it took less than one hour of listening to Avellanosa tell her story to the group of fifth-, sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders, to convince them otherwise.

&8220;She is like a living miracle,&8221; Roboski said Tuesday after Avallanosa&8217;s visit.

&8220;Her story is amazing,&8221; Taylor said. &8220;She was dead. But then she came back to life.&8221;

And that was the story they heard Tuesday from Avellanosa.

As she stood in front of the group of students, she spoke of a young girl who fell off her bike in 1995 in the Phillipines.

That little girl was Avellanosa 11 years ago.

Doctors could not heal her. Many left her for dead feeling that all hope was lost, she said.

But through her family&8217;s faith in god and in the Blessed Arnold Janssen, who would be cannonized as a saint, a miracle happened.

Through their dedicated prayers to Janssen, Avellanosa was miraculously healed. When she was thought to be dead, a doctor found a three-inch blood clot in her brain.

Even after the clot was removed, doctors felt she would be a &8220;vegetable&8221; for the rest of her life.

But standing in the cafeteria of Cathedral School was Avellanosa, telling her story of God&8217;s miracle.

After examinations from at least five doctors, Avellanosa&8217;s recovery was deemed a miracle by the Catholic Church. That miracle led to the canonization of Saint Arnold in 2001.

And for Roboski and Taylor, Avellanosa&8217;s story was

&8220;amazing and incredible.&8221;

&8220;You don&8217;t get to see a miracle everyday,&8221; Roboski said. &8220;It is like touching the Pope.&8221;

&8220;It is like seeing someone who is special in God&8217;s eyes,&8221; Taylor said.