00:00A field trip in Bataan that became like a death march
00:03was experienced by students of a college in Quezon City.
00:07Some of them died.
00:09They walked for a long time because the bus stops were on the other side of the barangay.
00:14Oscar Oida has a report.
00:19What time is it?
00:21It's 7.45.
00:23We haven't arrived yet.
00:25The students of the Best Link College of the Philippines didn't expect
00:29that the happy field trip in Hermosa, Bataan last Sunday
00:32would end up in a kilometer-kilometer walk.
00:35It's like a death march.
00:37Bataan death march.
00:39A lot of people were caught in the dark while walking on a bumpy road.
00:44The buses that they rode and will take home to Quezon City
00:49stopped in other barangays.
00:51It's around 9.14 p.m.
00:54We still have a lot of work to do.
00:57According to the student we called,
01:00in the last four hours of their walk,
01:03some of the students died.
01:06I was there from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
01:09I saw a lot of people die.
01:11There were some rescuers and residents who helped.
01:14They were giving water.
01:17Others were taking out pots and giving food.
01:22The parents who waited for their children's return were very worried.
01:27They should have been here by 10 p.m.
01:29That's what we signed.
01:31We're just worried about him.
01:33The Commission on Higher Education
01:35is explaining the education and will investigate.
01:39The Quezon City LGU is also involved in the education.
01:43GMA Integrated News went to the campus of the Best Link College in Quezon City.
01:48But according to the Guardian,
01:50no one came in and no one can talk to us.
01:53Oscar Oida reporting for GMA Integrated News.
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