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More feared dead in Tagaytay wall collapse; search continues
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FILE: Rescue personnel retrieve a total of five bodies of construction workers trapped in the rubble at a construction site in Barangay Kaybagal Central in Tagaytay City Tuesday (July 12, 2022) morning. Of the eight workers, one was declared dead-on-arrival at the hospital, two were injured and five were dead upon retrieval. Heavy rains in the area triggered a mudslide, causing the concrete fence of nearby Hortaleza Farm to collapse Monday night. (Photo by Avito Dalan via Philippine News Agency/Facebook)
In an interview, city police chief Col. Norman Ranon said three of the eight victims that were buried in the rubble were already recovered. One of them has been confirmed dead.
“Sa walo na naging biktima, tatlo po dun ang na-retrieve na. So sa tatlong na unang na-retrieve dalawa po dun ay buhay at isa ay patay na nang madala sa ospital. So lima pa ho ang hindi natin nare-retrieve sa gumuhong pader at ito apat na ho ang bangkay na nakikita namin at seemingly lifeless na po sila wala na pong sign of life. (Out of the eight victims, we already retrieved three. The first two of the three retrieved victims are alive while the other was dead on arrival at the hospital. So, we have yet to retrieve five persons from the rubble and we already saw four seemingly lifeless bodies and they already have no signs of life),” he said.
Ranon added that only one victim remains unaccounted for.
Among the two survivors was the project engineer who sustained minor bruises from the incident.
Initial reports said victims were resting at the barracks of 3-13 Construction when the six-meter concrete fence and cement hollow blocks of Hortaleza Farm collapsed at around 6:20 p.m. amid heavy rains in the area.
“The biggest challenge for us is that the section that needs to be searched is too big. We cannot simply use a backhoe so we are now using a jackhammer. We have to be careful because the cement might fall further on one of the victims, the missing one, as he might still be alive,” he said in Filipino.
May May
July 12, 2022 at 4:18 PM
This is sad because when we experience what they experience, I just can’t imagine that just a glimpse of time, they are gone. From me, I will take this even if I didn’t experience a lesson because giving time to our self to our family to our goals and especially to God is what makes us a real person .