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‘New dead’ found under rubble
« on: November 18, 2013, 04:22:05 PM »
By Marlon Ramos
Philippine Daily Inquirer
6:27 am | Sunday, November 17th, 2013


TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines—Three bodies were recovered from a collapsed house near a soft drinks plant here on Friday, raising hopes some missing victims of Supertyphoon “Yolanda” could still be found alive.

The Crime Laboratory of the Philippine National Police (PNP) said the three apparently died quite recently possibly due to illness and not as a direct result of the deadly storm surges that killed thousands of residents by the sea here on Nov. 8.

The report, however, also raised fears that the lack of medical facilities and the slow pace of relief operations could be taking an added toll on the devastated city.

The discovery of the three new fatalities was reported during the interagency meeting presided over by Interior Secretary Mar Roxas at the sports complex here.

“The three cadavers were newly dead, maybe just 24 hours when they were recovered,” said Senior Supt. Emmanuel Aranas of the PNP CrimeLab.

One of them had a big gash wound in his left leg. The other two were elderly men who might have died of cardiac arrest.

“But we cannot ascertain the real causes of death until we conduct autopsies on the bodies,” Aranas said.

Asked if the discovery of the three bodies was an indication that rescuers might still find survivors, Aranas said: “I don’t know.”

A member of an American volunteer rescue group reacted to news of the recovery by saying that it was a “very good sign” that some missing typhoon victims may still be alive beneath the rubble. The rescue worker recalled that survivors were pulled out alive from the ruins 22 days after a powerful magnitude-7.0 earthquake shook Haiti in 2010.

“I think this is a compelling reason for rescue workers to double their efforts in finding missing persons,” said the American rescue worker, who asked not to be named.

Roxas, however, admitted that looking for survivors under the rubble was not a priority of the government at the moment.

“I think the three who had just died were from recent causes. Maybe they had a heart attack, pneumonia or something, but not because of Yolanda,” Roxas said.

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Re: ‘New dead’ found under rubble
« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2013, 04:23:13 PM »
Roxas, however, admitted that looking for survivors under the rubble was not a priority of the government at the moment.

“I think the three who had just died were from recent causes. Maybe they had a heart attack, pneumonia or something, but not because of Yolanda,” Roxas said.

Is it proper for the Interior Secretary to say this? :P

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Re: ‘New dead’ found under rubble
« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2013, 04:43:28 PM »
aguy, natakdan man kaha sa asawa...

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Re: ‘New dead’ found under rubble
« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2013, 04:44:17 PM »
Is it proper for the Interior Secretary to say this? :P

most proper, if he were the one under the rubble.

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Re: ‘New dead’ found under rubble
« Reply #4 on: November 19, 2013, 01:07:37 PM »
most proper, if he were the one under the rubble.

Bisan kamagko ra nija nalugpitan di kaha maningka ug di sija maoy priority? ;D

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