00:00This is what the Boy Scouts in Zamboanga City have been preparing for a long time.
00:08The three-day Boy Scout of the Philippines, Zamboanga City Council Jamboret, 2024,
00:15at Freedom Park in Barangay Pasunangka.
00:18The so-called scouting activity is expected to be attended by more than 2,000 Boy Scouts
00:24from various schools in Zamboanga City.
00:28But this is what they were not prepared for.
00:31Even before the formal start of this Thursday's Jamboret,
00:3715 of the Boy Scouts jumped into the water.
00:47They really jumped.
00:48I really saw the blood.
00:49It's really painful to see your fellow Boy Scouts fall.
00:54Twelve were injured while three of them were killed.
00:59We immediately went to the hospital.
01:01I was really shaking. I was hugging him.
01:06This is the story of one of the witnesses and Senior Scout, Clexter.
01:10While everyone was busy setting up their campsite,
01:14four Boy Scouts jumped into a tent.
01:19But the tent they were going to move to was accidentally caught on a live wire.
01:25That's why the four Boy Scouts who were holding the tent
01:28and the 11 people who were trapped here
01:37were all electrocuted.
01:41They really jumped.
01:42I really saw the blood.
01:43It's really painful to see your fellow Boy Scouts fall.
01:58We really want to save our Seniors,
02:00but at the same time, we are also afraid that we might be harmed.
02:04Clexter and his fellow Boy Scouts
02:07were first sent away by the other Scouts
02:09who were near the scene of the accident.
02:12Because we don't want them to be harmed again.
02:14We were panicking inside.
02:16We needed to do that.
02:18What he said was true.
02:20I immediately thought, why isn't there a doctor?
02:22No one really went there.
02:25In fact, they were the only ones who provided first aid to the victims.
02:35The Scouts even provided CPR and revived them.
02:39Suddenly, an ambulance arrived.
02:43Sir!
02:44Sir!
02:46Sir!
02:47They were taking them one by one.
02:48That's the most painful part.
02:49It took a long time.
02:50Most of the 12 survivors
02:53are now recovering at Zamboanga City Medical Center.
02:56The remaining 10 are all stable right now.
02:59And for observation, they are all still alive.
03:02But the Grade 5 student, Nashmar,
03:05was chosen to stay at their house to recover.
03:09He was injured in his arm,
03:11hand,
03:12leg,
03:13and knee.
03:15This is how his injury will be.
03:18For the rest of his life, he will probably have bruises on his body.
03:21Nashmar's mother, Mariam,
03:24even brought her son to the school
03:27before he went to the venue of the Jamboree.
03:29Good luck!
03:30Good luck!
03:32Good luck!
03:34That's why she didn't fully believe
03:36that their next meeting will be at the hospital.
03:39I saw my son.
03:41He was really mad at me.
03:43He said,
03:44Mom, I'm sorry.
03:45We're all sorry.
03:47Where are my friends?
03:48Where are our seniors?
03:50I saw them, Mom.
03:51They were all injured on the ground.
03:54Nashmar told her
03:55that her colleagues moved the tent
03:58so that they can have a bigger place to move.
04:01Their seniors wanted to move the tent
04:05so that they can have more space.
04:07They moved it.
04:08Until something unexpected happened.
04:11There was a fire on the roof.
04:13It was on fire.
04:22When it was on fire,
04:23there was a piece of metal on the roof.
04:26That's what she touched.
04:27Even so,
04:28Mariam is still thankful
04:30that her son is alive.
04:32I'm really thankful to God
04:33that my son is alive.
04:35I don't know if I'll blame myself.
04:37I don't know if I'll cry.
04:39We also wanted to move them there
04:42because we thought they were safe.
04:45One of the three boy scouts
04:49is the 17-year-old son of Mercy,
04:51Kevin.
04:52It's painful for any parent,
04:55especially during Christmas.
04:57This is Kevin's clothes.
05:00The tragedy that happened
05:01during the fire.
05:04There's a lot of blood.
05:05The blood came out of his nose.
05:08This is the front.
05:09The patch was removed
05:10because he moved it to his new uniform.
05:14Kevin's idol
05:16is his father Manuel,
05:18who is a soldier.
05:19When he grew up,
05:20he wanted to be a soldier
05:22like his father.
05:23So to prepare for this,
05:25Kevin became a boy scout.
05:27Since daycare until now,
05:29he's always with us
05:30wherever we go.
05:31He's always there
05:33for the jamborees.
05:34Mercy admits that she's nervous
05:36whenever her son is in a scouting activity.
05:39That's why she's always here.
05:42When he goes camping,
05:43I teach him how to prepare.
05:45Bring plastic bags
05:47in case it rains.
05:48Put it in the bag
05:49so it won't get wet.
05:50He has a lot of skills.
05:51He teaches
05:52in private schools
05:54so he can have extra money.
05:57To be honest,
05:58she's always with Kevin
06:00in their scouting activity.
06:01The expenses are constant.
06:04Especially when Senior High ends.
06:07I tell him not to join us.
06:09It's hard when we don't have money.
06:11He always says,
06:12Ma, it's free.
06:13I'll work.
06:14Kevin continued to join
06:16this Wednesday.
06:18One day passed,
06:19Mercy just received
06:21the bad news.
06:22His girlfriend texted his sister,
06:25Sister, go to the hospital.
06:27My aunt is sick.
06:28Kevin has a problem.
06:30She kicked me
06:31when I heard the word hospital.
06:33I was shocked.
06:35We went to the hospital right away.
06:36When I got there,
06:37a teacher hugged me.
06:39I didn't know him, sir.
06:40He just said,
06:41I'm really sorry.
06:43We couldn't help Kevin.
06:46The three of them.
06:47They said,
06:49he was dead when he got to the hospital.
06:52His face was really dark.
06:54I couldn't see him, sir.
06:56I just screamed.
06:57I wanted to go in.
06:58They stopped me.
06:59They said I wasn't allowed to go in.
07:01When they revived him,
07:02they put a board on his back
07:03and he was electrocuted.
07:05I said, he's really dead.
07:13Elin couldn't accept
07:14that she was going to bury
07:16her 17-year-old son,
07:18Alvien.
07:19This Wednesday,
07:20she was happy to say goodbye
07:22to join the scouting activity.
07:25He's just a school kid, sir.
07:27He prioritizes school
07:29more than his mother, sir.
07:31Because he goes home in the afternoon.
07:33His focus is on scouting at school
07:36because he really wants
07:38a high rank, sir.
07:40That's why I let him do
07:42whatever he wants.
07:44Although Alvien's life
07:45turned around during the boy scout,
07:47he didn't neglect his studies.
07:50His grades are okay, sir.
07:52Alvien's studies and the boy scout
07:54are balanced, sir.
07:56She's determined to finish her studies
07:59so that her dream of becoming a police officer
08:01will come true.
08:02Her dream is really high, sir.
08:04Even though she doesn't have a father anymore.
08:06It really hurts, sir.
08:07At home, they put me first
08:09because I heard
08:11that's what happened to my son.
08:12They said he saved the child.
08:15He tried his best
08:16so that he wouldn't
08:18be affected by the current, sir.
08:20He's really obedient to the teachers.
08:22When they ask him to do something,
08:23he really obeys.
08:24That's why the teachers
08:27cry when they go here, sir.
08:29Even the students.
08:32It really hurts, sir.
08:34It's like it's stuck in my heart, sir.
08:36I can't say, sir, that
08:40my son is gone, sir.
08:42He's gone, sir.
08:44He's the only child I have.
08:45Then he's gone.
08:49Jamburet was canceled because of the incident.
08:54The organizer, we really do not know
08:56if they coordinated with the medics,
08:58the ambulances,
08:59the people on duty.
09:00Should they have requested to put it up?
09:02The things they saw,
09:04they probably didn't notice.
09:05The typical 30,000 volts
09:07that comes from cables,
09:09from sources,
09:10from electric companies,
09:12when it enters the body,
09:13our neural systems will be damaged,
09:16it will burn.
09:17It's like you're burning from the inside.
09:18It affects the heartbeats.
09:21In case the person,
09:24one of our participants,
09:25make sure,
09:26the first thing to do is to cut the current,
09:28then assess the patient.
09:29If need to conduct CPR,
09:31if they know how, do it.
09:32Or call an emergency hotline.
09:36This is not the first time
09:38that an accident has been reported
09:41in the activity of Boy Scouts.
09:43This is Inero,
09:45another Boy Scout
09:46from Misamis Occidental
09:48who was drowned
09:48in the collision
09:49of another scouting activity.
09:52There are different levels
09:53of activities in scouting.
09:55And in all of these,
09:56the risk assessment is very important,
09:58especially our preparation,
10:01particularly in the venues
10:02where our Jamboree will be held.
10:05According to the instructions
10:08of the Boy Scout coordinator
10:09in the Jamboree that was conducted,
10:11prior to their opening,
10:13they requested Sam Silco
10:17that the police and the barangay
10:19were invited there
10:20for the safety of the area.
10:23They brought an invitation,
10:26but they called them
10:27and they did not go.
10:28This is a very unfortunate incident
10:32and the Boy Scouts of the Philippines
10:34are really saddened
10:35by this incident.
10:37Although we already have
10:38a safeguarding policy,
10:40we will still review
10:42our existing rules
10:44and regulations and standards
10:46to make sure that,
10:47number one,
10:48this kind of accident
10:49will not happen again.
10:51I am not blaming anyone.
10:53I am just questioning
10:54who is responsible for the tent.
10:57They did not give the responsibility
10:59to go to the tent
11:00without the consent of the teachers.
11:02Because the tent is big.
11:05But among the three Boy Scouts,
11:07who should be responsible?
11:10Since the last two days,
11:11our local council has agreed
11:13to meet the needs
11:15of our victims,
11:17the three patients
11:18and those who were injured
11:20and rushed to the hospital.
11:21But right after
11:22everything is stable,
11:24we will continue
11:26our in-depth investigation
11:28on the accident
11:31to see
11:32if there are gaps
11:33that need to be addressed
11:35and what policy
11:36we need to institute
11:38to make sure
11:39that these gaps are addressed.
11:41The Boy Scouts are still in the process of
11:43investigating the accident.
11:45The Boy Scouts are still investigating the accident.
11:47The Boy Scouts are still investigating the accident.
11:50Despite what happened,
11:52the family of the victims
11:53did not plan to file a complaint.
11:56I just asked
11:57that they will not let me
11:59pay Alvin's expenses.
12:00It's like a disgrace
12:01or I don't know how.
12:04I wish there was an ambulance
12:06or something there
12:08to take care of
12:09the injured.
12:11The Boy Scouts
12:13are known to always be ready.
12:15But their Boy Scouts
12:17and loved ones
12:19are never prepared
12:21for this kind of tragedy.
12:26He's a hero, sir.
12:27He's our baby.
12:29100% sir.
12:31I support him
12:32because that's what he wants, sir.
12:35He wants to be a Boy Scout.
12:36I love him so much, sir.
12:38I can't help him, sir.
12:40If there's nothing else,
12:41he's a hero, sir.
12:43He just wants to save his child.
12:45But he didn't save his life.
12:47That's really painful for me, sir.
12:50That's what happened to my son, sir.
13:08O Lord, umbaya!
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