Heroic saga Houssam’s heroic saga began when he landed in Cebu on Nov. 14. He checked into a hotel, but he was so worried about the lack of news on Mary Grace that he picked up his backpack and headed straight for the port of Cebu that same day. He got on a ferry at 11 a.m., reaching storm-ravaged Ormoc City, not far from Tacloban, at 2 p.m.
Grace's family's ravaged home (the green one) in Ormoc
Mary Grace’s brother brought him to a private clinic where he saw his online fiancee face-to-face for the first time. She was in bad shape. Her jaw, left leg, left arm, wrist and some fingers were broken, and she had deep cuts in the face and body. She badly needed surgery, including one to save her left leg from amputation.
Houssam knew he had to get her out of Ormoc and into a hospital fast. He paid her bills but since the clinic could not even provide her a wheelchair, Houssam carried her out, walking about 15 minutes before he found a tricycle to take them to the port.
All ferry tickets, however, had been sold out. Thousands of passengers, including those from worst-hit Tacloban City, had flocked there and were desperate to get out.
Crowded ferry Houssam Hammoudi took to get to his fiancée.
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