‘I had to live for my family’
By Nestor P. Burgos Jr.
Adrian Cilmar is on his second life. “I had to survive for my wife and baby,” he said, his voice shaking during an interview at his house in Semirara village on this Visayan island.

Adrian Cilmar is on his second life. “I had to survive for my wife and baby,” he said, his voice shaking during an interview at his house in Semirara village on this Visayan island.
“Every time I close my eyes, I keep seeing my friends and fellow workers who died,” recounted Rodrigo (not his real name), who said that he had not slept for the past two days.