Nagbahagi si 24 Oras Weekend anchor Ivan Mayrina sa kaniyang naranasan noong sumabog ang Mt. Pinatubo noong 1991.
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00:00 Pinatubo, 1991.
00:02 It was another unforgettable experience.
00:06 We were a direct hit during that eruption.
00:09 Sambales and Pampanga were the direct hits.
00:12 I remember that date, it was June 15, 1991.
00:15 I have very vivid memories of that day.
00:17 It was high noon, but it was pitch black.
00:20 Because it was raining.
00:23 Because Pinatubo erupted.
00:25 I will never forget that.
00:27 It was our neighbor's debut.
00:28 We were supposed to go to a party.
00:30 So, we set up the party.
00:34 And that's what happened.
00:35 It's a pity.
00:36 Anyway, it was dark the whole day.
00:39 And up until midnight.
00:42 When we had to climb up a roof.
00:45 Because we had to remove the fallen sand.
00:49 Because we were going to cave in.
00:51 So, we had shovels in hand.
00:54 You can see the eruption.
00:56 It was like a red lightning.
00:58 That's how I describe it.
00:59 It was like a red lightning.
01:01 You can see it coming off.
01:03 Out of Pinatubo.
01:05 That's what we saw.
01:06 And it was a non-stop rain of sand.
01:08 And then the day after, when it was all over.
01:11 You can see the devastation.
01:12 We were one big desert.
01:14 So, wait. You were inside the house?
01:17 Yeah. We were inside the house.
01:19 All the windows were closed.
01:21 Yes. It was a pretty scary time.
01:24 But yeah, we pulled through.
01:26 Looking back at your childhood,
01:30 were there instances, like for example,
01:31 that was such a big story.
01:33 Did you ever think,
01:35 was there just a little speck in your mind
01:39 that you imagined that one day
01:41 you would report something like that?
01:42 No.
01:44 Nothing?
01:45 I was just thinking,
01:47 how does a town or a city recover from this?
01:54 How do we rise from the ashes,
01:56 literal ashes that covered us?
01:57 Because it was so desperate and hopeless at that time.
02:01 If you see it,
02:03 it's so sad and hopeless.
02:07 Literally, what will happen to us now?
02:10 And of course, you want to go.
02:11 The classes just started.
02:13 It was just the first or second week of school.
02:16 And then we didn't go.
02:18 But you know, it showed you how resilient people are.
02:23 More so Filipinos or Kapampangans.
02:26 The Kapampangans who lived through it,
02:29 we are actually proud of that
02:30 and how we rose from the ashes.
02:34 We rose even better and stronger.
02:37 And if you see Pampangan now,
02:40 it's really proud.
02:43 They said, "That's great. That's great.
02:45 How did he get up?"
02:46 [silence]