Authorities confirmed on Sept. 26, that the five local rescuers, who went missing, had been found dead after they drowned while responding to flood-hit villages in San Miguel town. The victims belonged to the Bulacan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO), said San Miguel Mayor Roderick Tiongson. PHOTOS VIA GOV. DANIEL FERNANDO
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Responders of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) of Manticao town, Misamis Oriental honored colleagues of Bulacan who perished while on rescue mission last Sunday amid the onslaught of Super Typhoon Karding.
At 7 p.m. on Friday, the Manticao rescuers offered prayers outside their office and then sounded the ambulance’s alarm for a minute.
“The fallen colleagues perished while performing their duty to save people from the wrath of the supertyphoon,” read a post from the Manticao MDRRMO.
The five members of the Bulacan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office who lost their lives are George Agustin, Narciso Calayag Jr., Troy Justin Agustin, Jerson Resurreccion, and Marby Bartolome.
The local rescuers were found dead after they drowned while responding to flood-hit areas in San Miguel town.
The Senate has also adopted a resolution introduced by Sen. Ramon Revilla Jr., honoring the Bulacan rescuers’ heroism.