Aired (November 4, 2024): Dahil sa malasakit sa kapwa, may mga tao na handang tumulong kahit pa sa gitna ng peligro. Sila ang ating mga rescuer na harapin ang anumang pagsubok para mailigtas ang ilan nating kababayan sa Camarines Sur na nasalanta ng bagyong #KristinePH.
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00:00After a few moments, the man was also rescued.
00:17PO-3rd Glenn Padayaw of Philippine Coast Guard Station, Camarinas Sur, was one of the men
00:35who were rescued.
00:36PO-3rd Glenn has been in the service for 10 years, and in their unit, he was the one who
00:43was able to get the details of the areas that needed to be rescued.
00:47If there is a storm, I communicate with them if they need assistance from the Coast Guard.
00:57I just tell them that we give them our contact number so that in case they need service from
01:09the Coast Guard, they call us.
01:13According to him, just after the Christine storm, many asked for help from their grandfather
01:18in their office.
01:19We had a hard time, ma'am, because on Tuesday night, we deployed, ma'am, there were calls
01:26from people who needed evacuation, because the water level was rising, ma'am, so we went
01:34to the barangay of Pili, where we were rescued, and the water level was so high, and the storm
01:41was so strong.
01:42A woman with a child was rescued and put on a floater while the storm was approaching.
02:00The next day, the weather calmed down, but their challenge did not end here.
02:18They boarded a boat, they swallowed the flood, which was almost as high as the trees.
02:24The next day, they went to look for a woman who was trapped inside her house.
02:34Later, they found the woman's house.
02:40There were also some trapped on the second floor of their house.
03:07After this, they evacuated the other residents using a rubber boat to cross to a safe place.
03:17But while PO 3rd Glen was busy taking care of the lives of others, he could not leave
03:27his mind the condition of his own family.
03:32On the day of the storm, my wife called me and told me that the water level in their
03:37house in Libon was so high.
03:39My family was there, my wife, my son, my mother, and her siblings.
03:44They called me, but I could not answer because we were in a rescue operation.
03:50After my rescue operation, I called my wife and asked how they were doing there.
03:57She told me that they evacuated because the water level in our house in Libon was so high.
04:06But he could not do anything because this was his sworn duty.
04:11First of all, I am happy that I can help other people.
04:19They thanked us, ma'am.
04:22It was so nice to hear that.
04:25That's why I said that it was hard for a rescuer.
04:30We were able to save other people first than our family, but we could not do anything.
04:37He said that he will sacrifice his time for his family whenever there is a disaster like this.
04:45Almost all of our friends are here, ma'am.
04:48We have no home.
04:49Who will stay with us, ma'am?
04:51There is no one left to rescue, ma'am.
04:53All of us, ma'am, who were rescued here in Coast Guard, here in Camarineso, are from Bicol.
04:59There is no one left because we have to save our family first.
05:05In PO 3rd Glenn's experience, this was the most dangerous disaster in their province.
05:12I was so surprised, ma'am.
05:14I am from Bicol.
05:16It was the first time I saw that I was in Bicol.
05:19I was so wet.
05:21I felt sorry for the people because when we were evacuating,
05:27people were always shouting at us,
05:29Sir, we are rescuers. We need help here, sir.
05:32Why do you have a rope?
05:34It was so hard for us, ma'am.
05:38We had to use a rope.
05:40We tied it to a tree so we could go home.
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