A father’s heartbreaking vigilance emerged in the middle Philippines After a 6.9-parade Earthquake Claiming the life of his wife and four -year -old son, a budget hotel was demolished.
Isgani Galig gently stroke her son’s black cadever bag, JohnThe last time is trying to feel his child’s remains. After moments, the body of a receptionist, his wife was also recovered at the Kondor Pension House.
She was working in the night shift while taking care of her son.
Gailig said how he and his family had tried hard to call him after hitting the city of Bogo in Sebu province on Tuesday night, but received no response.
“I went around the rubble and kept calling their names,” he told The Associated PressExplaining how he and the rescue team eventually discovered their remains together within the debris of the first floor.
Disaster officials said that there are no reports of additional missing people. More than 170,000 people were affected, many of whom have refused to return home as they were afraid of trauma and afterchox.
The earthquake damaged or destroyed about 600 houses in 87 buildings and bogos, a relatively new and progressive coastal city of about 90,000, and in cities. Roads of bridges and concrete were damaged and a port collapsed in Bogo.
The earthquake was triggered around 10PM by the shallow underground fault line, which the Philippino seismologist said that they have not gone for at least 400 years.
President Ferdinand Marcos Junior on Thursday flew to the Bogo to assess the loss and offer assistance and assistance to the survivors, mourning the families of the victims. A few days ago, the President was in the central region, when at least 37 people died after a fierce storm and killed more than half a million people, including Sebu province.
Countries provide condolences and support
United StatesA long -term treaty colleague PhilippinesOffered assistance after the earthquake. Many other countries, including China And JapanExpressed condolences.
,Japan Forever stands with Philippines To overcome this time of difficulties, “Japanese Prime Minister Shigru Ishiba Said to Marcos in a message.
One of the world’s most disaster-faced countries, the Philippines often hit the earthquake and volcanic eruptions. Calm “Ring of Fire,” an arc of seismic defects around the sea.
The archipelago is also brought by about 20 typhoon and storms every year, causing disaster response to the government and volunteer groups.
The victims and the survivors share the harsh stories
Shortly after the earthquake, bogo, Red cross Tried to call one of their full -time volunteers living in the city.
49 -year -old Ian Ho, a highly trained was the first respondent. When he did not reply, A Red cross The team was deployed.
His house was uprooted and found inside, his 14 -year -old son was buried in the debris, who was injured. The teenager survived, Red cross General Secretary Jineneen Pangya.
“He chose his son’s shield,” Pang said. “These are the kind of people who are with us, life saving with a spontaneous instinct to help others. In this case, the last person he saved was his son.”
While most people were at home when the earthquake hit, Brian Sinngot was watching a basketball game with less than 100 spectators in San Remigio Town outside Bogo.
Everyone froze. The 49-year-old driver said that when the tremors up and down became intense, everyone was out of the gym in panic, the 49-year-old driver said.
The roof of a gymnasium collapsed, killing three Coast Guard workers and a fire fighter. Sinngot said that he tried to roll but was partially stuck.
He was later freed by the members of the Coast Guard and treated face and hand injuries.
This was not his first brush with death. He recalled how Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest tropical cyclones on record, destroyed his home in San Remigio in 2013.
Hayan left more than 7,300 people dead or missing, flattened the entire villages and caused a shocking and breaking into homes in the central Philippines.
Sinngote said, “It is a shocking to hear what happened to Bogo City,” “Typhoon Haiyan after destroying my house, I made it back in a year. We just have to be ready to do anything.”