26, kumpirmadong namatay sa tumaob na motorbanca sa Binangonan, Rizal; search and retrieval ops, patuloy
26, kumpirmadong namatay sa tumaob na motorbanca sa Binangonan, Rizal; search and retrieval ops, patuloy
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00:00 The authorities are looking for other passengers of the sinking motorboat in Binangonan, Rizal.
00:08 Some passengers were not able to write in the manifesto, according to the captain of the boat.
00:14 We will update you on this in the center of the news, Ryan Lesigas live.
00:18 Angelique Aljo, sometimes, heavy rain falls here in Binangonan, Rizal.
00:27 But the authorities are still searching for the passengers who were trapped in the boat after the boat sank yesterday.
00:37 It was a normal day for the captain of the motorized boat Princess Aya on her last trip yesterday.
00:45 That was her last trip yesterday from Binangonan port to Talim Island.
00:51 But what happened was unexpected.
00:54 Their boat was hit by strong winds, causing the passengers to panic.
01:00 There was a strong wind, I couldn't stop the boat from moving.
01:10 I told my passengers not to move, it's okay if we get wet, we will go home.
01:21 The boat was big, so we were able to adjust our position.
01:29 The strong wind hit the boat and we were able to move slowly.
01:40 We were able to stop the boat.
01:43 According to the Coast Guard, 26 people were confirmed dead, 4 were saved from the tragedy.
01:50 But the captain of the boat said that only 42 passengers were able to get out of the boat.
01:56 He also said that not all passengers were able to write their names on the manifesto.
02:00 I was about to write my name on the manifesto, but I told them I'm not going to ride a lot.
02:06 I asked other passengers to write their names on the manifesto, but they couldn't.
02:14 I wrote my name on the manifesto, but I was only able to ride 30 plus boats.
02:23 The motorboat was also given clearance to sail by the PCG because there were no boats in the area.
02:28 The boat was only 50 meters away from its destination when the tragedy happened.
02:34 It was said that most of the passengers were trapped inside the boat.
02:37 They were killed because the boat was too deep.
02:42 This morning, rescue and retrieval of passengers trapped inside the boat was continued.
02:48 According to the Philippine Coast Guard, there were people trapped inside the boat.
02:53 At 7 p.m., the PCG stopped the retrieval operations because of poor visibility in the area.
02:59 The captain of the boat also sent a message to the victims.
03:03 I hope they will forgive me for the tragedy that happened. I didn't mean to do it.
03:13 I hope they will forgive me.
03:16 I didn't mean to do it.
03:21 I don't care who I'm going to.
03:25 It's up to me. If they don't want to, that's their problem.
03:31 Angelic Aljo, all the casualties returned to Talim Island after the incident yesterday.
03:38 The survivors will conduct a parallel investigation with the Philippine Coast Guard
03:45 to find out the cause of the incident.
03:48 Angelic will conduct a search and retrieval operation for three days.
03:54 Angelic Aljo.
03:55 Okay Ryan, let me clarify. They say that the water level is low where the boat sank.
04:03 Did the boat hit them? Did they escape or they drowned?
04:08 What is the explanation of the PCG?
04:12 Actually Angelic, that's related to the investigation of the Philippine Coast Guard.
04:18 But based on the account of some of our survivors that we talked to, Angelic,
04:22 the depth where the boat sank was almost a pass of people because it was near their point of destination.
04:29 But they were trapped.
04:32 What they blame, Angelic, is the mud that was dropped on the side of the motorboat.
04:38 That was the reason why the passengers didn't escape from the sinking motorboat.
04:46 Based on the account of one of our survivors, if they didn't have that, they would have escaped quickly.
04:52 And the casualty in that incident might not be that many.
04:56 Angelic.
04:57 Okay. Thank you very much Ryan Leziguez.