00:00 A lady guard in Las Piñas City was suddenly stabbed in the face.
00:08 Who did this and why?
00:11 In this CCTV footage, on the early day of March 14,
00:16 the security volunteer Sarah was seen on duty in the guardhouse of a subdivision in Las Piñas City.
00:24 Later, a man approached her and suddenly stabbed her in the face.
00:34 The suspect ran away while the guard was standing and jumping from the car.
00:43 It was so hot, my eyes were burning. I felt like I was going to explode.
00:50 Who did this to Sarah?
00:54 The residents who are taking care of the security while doing their duty, how can they be saved?
01:06 She said, "Get ready, I'll come back to you."
01:09 Sarah was immediately in the head of her colleagues.
01:16 The chemical was injected in her face.
01:20 It smelled like Moriarty but it wasn't strong.
01:22 I took a bath and washed my face before they brought me to the hospital.
01:26 When she came here, she couldn't open her eyes.
01:30 She was bleeding, had pain and had blisters.
01:33 Her right eye was worse than her left eye.
01:36 Sarah's right eye was infected with an amniotic membrane transplant.
01:42 This is a graft that is extracted from the placenta.
01:46 When a woman gives birth, we put it in her eyes.
01:49 This acts as a biologic bandage to help the epithelium of the first layer of her cornea to heal.
01:57 We put a bandage contact lens on her left eye to relieve the patient.
02:04 The patient's eyelids won't get hit when the eyes are closed.
02:10 It hurts!
02:11 Her left eye was covered but her right eye was hard to see.
02:17 The inflammation is still there.
02:19 I couldn't see anything.
02:21 I was scared.
02:22 Of course, I have a child.
02:23 I can't take care of my child.
02:25 Why is the anger of the person who did this to Sarah so strong?
02:35 It hurts!
02:38 It hurts!
02:39 We also learned that part of Sarah's job is to collect payment from the cars that pass by their subdivision.
02:48 If you don't have a sticker of the subdivision, you can't hide in the other subdivision.
02:52 There are people who are tired of picking on me.
02:56 There are people who are angry with me because they are jealous.
02:58 Until she met a man who was riding a bicycle.
03:05 Where are you going?
03:06 Are you crazy? Will I go in here if I don't live here?
03:09 Sir, I'm just asking you where are you going?
03:11 We asked him where he was going.
03:14 When we asked him, he suddenly insulted us.
03:17 When he turned to me, he said, "Get ready, I'll come back to you."
03:21 The one who threatened Sarah, did the chemical explode on her?
03:26 The suspect was the first one who noticed the victim near the guardhouse.
03:35 He was just sitting there.
03:36 He was chatting with someone.
03:37 We didn't notice him.
03:39 Until the criminal did this.
03:42 I panicked. I couldn't breathe.
03:48 The chemical that he threw at me, it was reflected in my eyes and inside my nose.
03:59 Ideally, we should wash our eyes with distilled water for at least 15 to 30 minutes
04:05 using about 1 liter to 3 liters of fluid to remove the chemical.
04:10 After that, we should rush to the nearest emergency hospital.
04:15 I was able to catch up with him on a tricycle and a motorcycle.
04:19 What happened was, they couldn't catch up.
04:26 The first one we thought was the one on a motorcycle that we saw, he turned around.
04:31 He said, "Get ready, I'll come back to you."
04:34 Our team searched for the suspect Sarah and he was detained here at Las Piñas Police Station.
04:41 After being caught by the police for illegal drugs, we hid him under the name Ruel.
04:47 He confirmed that Sarah was cheating on him.
04:51 It was March 13th that night.
04:53 He was just blocking me. He didn't approach me nicely.
04:57 That's why my voice was a bit high.
04:59 Maybe he was thinking that I was doing something.
05:02 He said, "I'll come back."
05:03 Sir, we were just asking where you are from.
05:06 We are not fighting with you.
05:09 Am I stupid to come here if I'm not from here?
05:11 He told me, "You look stupid."
05:13 But I let it go.
05:15 When he turned around to me, he said, "Get ready, I'll come back to you."
05:18 I didn't say anything like that.
05:20 I let him go. I was in the police station. My wife's mother was there.
05:23 My wife and I were fighting for financial problems.
05:26 My wife and I were fighting, so I was going back and forth.
05:28 I was being sent away.
05:29 I didn't do anything bad to that guard.
05:37 We were fighting, but we were fighting because of the money.
05:41 When he poured acid, I didn't do anything.
05:43 He looked so far away.
05:46 The one in the CCTV was a bit young compared to him who was a bit old.
05:50 I guess he was around 20 years old.
05:52 I thought that the child was under orders.
05:55 Because in the CCTV, he was contacting someone on his cell phone,
05:59 as if he was being instructed.
06:02 Las Piñas PNP also has persons of interest in the case.
06:07 We already have a CCTV that is the result of our backtracking operation.
06:12 Here in the CCTV, we cannot show it yet because the operation is ongoing.
06:17 It might be compromised and it might be destroyed in the investigation.
06:21 If we are the victim of an act of violence and there is a deformity,
06:28 or we lost the use of one organ, then it is considered serious physical injury.
06:32 Under the revised penal code, the imposable penalty is a six-year and one-day up to 12 years.
06:39 In September of the last year, when Sara was hired as a security volunteer in the subdivision,
06:45 she received an allowance that she was using for the daily expenses of her family
06:53 and for the dialysis that she was taking with Salvador who has chronic kidney disease.
06:59 He is in stage 5 chronic.
07:03 He is taking 550 pills every session. If he does not have dialysis, he can die.
07:09 Sir, anyone can feel the pain.
07:17 This is what happened to my wife.
07:18 Not only did Sara lose her sight, but also her job.
07:24 I am depressed.
07:25 Sometimes I tell him, "If he gets caught, tell him that we will exchange our lives. I will not imprison him anymore."
07:29 I hope he will just show himself and tell me if someone is ordering him or not.
07:32 I want to ask him a lot of questions.
07:34 Why did you do this to me? What is my fault?
07:37 I am scared. Of course, I have a son.
07:39 No one will take care of my son.
07:41 It's a good thing that I can still see him even for a little bit.
07:46 Of course, you will be asked. You are giving a lot of trials.
07:50 But I am still calling from above.
07:52 Sara is just thankful that the Homeowners Association of the subdivision supported her in her hospitalization.
08:00 We were able to reach 49K.
08:03 Our team accompanied Sara in her follow-up checkup.
08:07 Her chemical injury is in a severe grade.
08:11 We are waiting for the amniotic membrane to be integrated or closed in her cornea.
08:18 We will see this usually within 4 to 6 weeks.
08:21 When the scarring or the swelling in front of the eyes is severe, we may need a cornea transplant.
08:29 For now, we cannot promise the outcome of Sara Jane's vision in her right eye.
08:35 That's the difficulty, the lack of donors.
08:37 And now, by the grace of God, it's increasing again. Hopefully, it will continue.
08:41 Now, in one month, we can get 60 to 70.
08:44 It's still hard. It's not sufficient.
08:46 Our goal is to have no more waiting.
08:48 During the worst, the waiting was like 1 to 2 years.
08:50 Now, it's fast, 3 months.
08:54 Sara is hoping that in the near future, the investigation will be clearer and she will be able to use her talent.
09:05 Our purpose is to make the world smaller for the people who donated because many were lost to me.
09:11 Thank you so much, Kapuso.
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