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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