Home / Around Canada / How 1 family is coping a year after toddler nearly killed in Lapu-Lapu Day tragedy ‘Jeb Jeb’ has made a huge recovery, but for his parents, fear and injuries remain It’s hard to keep up with Jeb De La Cruz, known to his family as Jeb Jeb. The 2 ½-year-old dashes through the front room of his family’s North Vancouver home, crashing into the couch, climbing, giggling, singing. “It’s like no accident happened to us,” said his dad, 44-year-old Val De La Cruz.