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Heroism and Frustration during Typhoon Ondoy

(This email is currently being forwarded around the email circuit. It speaks of heroism amidst the flood caused by Typhoon Ondoy, and the government’s Please let us know if you’re the author so we could make the proper attribution.)

Yesterday, at the height of the floods, my sister’s husband Rey whose family lives at Provident Village in Marikina, got a call from his brother. They were already at the roof of their 2-storey house — his brother, his wife, 2 kids, his sister, and their 85-year old dad who just got out of the hospital last week. Read more »