00:00We have two more deaths after a flood washed away the barge and tugboat in the Marikina River during the Havagat Flood.
00:07We continue to look for the other two missing.
00:11Our witness, Marie Zumal.
00:16When the barge and tugboat washed away the water in the Marikina River during the flood last week,
00:24there were casualties,
00:25except for the first to be reported by the authorities that all passengers were saved.
00:30The 47-year-old Chief Engineer Renato Santiago-Cortez was buried here in Santo Domingo Church.
00:38While they were being washed away by the heavy rain,
00:41video was sent to Engineer Cortez by his wife, Virginita, who was in Masbate.
00:47But Cortez was not saved after jumping into the river from the tugboat.
00:53His wife could not believe what happened.
00:56I thought when I was watching TV, my husband was not there.
01:02Because in the news, all the barges were saved.
01:08When I called the office, my husband was with the missing person.
01:13Almost when we found out that day, we really did not eat.
01:19When I saw my husband's face, he was like that.
01:28Virginita asked the company where her husband works to pay all the expenses for the burial,
01:34the return of the barge to Masbate, and the education of their five children.
01:39In Barangay Pineda in Pasig City,
01:41the people of Bureau of Fire Protection, Marine Fire Search and Rescue,
01:46reported yesterday that Harold Yap was one of the passengers.
01:50August Biden was very strong.
01:52That was one of the reasons why he had a hard time sailing and not being able to dock.
01:59That's why he was lucky to be able to dock.
02:02Norman Aportadora and Carlos Bernado were also missing.
02:07The Philippine Coast Guard is now conducting a marine safety investigation
02:11to investigate the incident.
02:13And it is still known that they deployed floating assets
02:16to help in the search and rescue operations for the two missing passengers
02:21of the barged and docked barges and tugboats in the Marikina River.
02:25We are sincere that we will find their missing family members.
02:29For GMA Integrated News, I'm Maryse Umali.
02:33Saksi!
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