Rescuers on Tuesday morning recovered the bodies of two of the five missing children who were swept away by rampaging waters in a creek in Cavite last Monday.First to be recovered was the body of nine-year-old Daryl Revilla, who was found at about 10 a.m. in Barangay Salawag, around three kilometers from the part of the creek where he and his 10 other friends were playing in Barangay Paliparan.
The boy had fractured skull, cuts, and bruises. Rescuers found his body stuck beneath a rock, with his legs sticking out of the water, according to a report by GMA News' Jun Veneracion.
A separate radio report said that the body of another boy - 12-year-old Jerry Millaluz - was recovered at about 2 p.m. some five kilometers from Paliparan village.
Authorities said 11 kids were playing and catching small crabs in the village's Pasong Buwaya Creek in Dasmariñas town when the water swelled and raged, weeping away the children.
Six of the children were earlier rescued and only three of their companions remain missing, including Revilla's two other siblings: Kent Bryan, 11, and Kobe Mel, 6. The last missing boy is Fernando Socito Jr., 12.
As of this posting, search and rescue operations by members of the local police and the Philippine Navy are ongoing.
Rescuers on Tuesday morning recovered the bodies of two of the five missing children who were swept away by rampaging waters in a creek in Cavite last Monday.
First to be recovered was the body of nine-year-old Daryl Revilla, who was found at about 10 a.m. in Barangay Salawag, around three kilometers from the part of the creek where he and his 10 other friends were playing in Barangay Paliparan.
The boy had fractured skull, cuts, and bruises. Rescuers found his body stuck beneath a rock, with his legs sticking out of the water, according to a report by GMA News' Jun Veneracion.
A separate radio report said that the body of another boy - 12-year-old Jerry Millaluz - was recovered at about 2 p.m. some five kilometers from Paliparan village.
Authorities said 11 kids were playing and catching small crabs in the village's Pasong Buwaya Creek in Dasmariñas town when the water swelled and raged, sweeping away the children.
Six of the children were earlier rescued and only three of their companions remain missing, including Revilla's two other siblings: Kent Bryan, 11, and Kobe Mel, 6. The last missing boy is Fernando Socito Jr., 12.
As of this posting, search and rescue operations by members of the local police and the Philippine Navy are ongoing.
Villagers are still wondering why the water in the creek suddenly swelled when there was no heavy downpour at the time.
“Ilang taon na po kami sa Paliparan, ngayon lang po nangyari ang ganyan. Wala namang ulan, eh. Bakit bigla na lang lumaki ang tubig. Akala mo may bagyo.
Hindi mo maintindihan, napakalakas," one of the relatives of the victims told GMA News.
The father of one of the rescued boys recounted how his son was fortunate to have been pulled out just before the raging water sucked the boys into the stream.
“Pagtumba ng mga bata sa lakas ng agos, ang isang anak ko, dahil sa ang ikot ng tubig ay papatabi, nadampot ng isa sa pamangkin ko. Ang magkakapatid prang hinigop papagitna," said the father who was not identified in the report.
(The water movement was toward the bank, and so one of my children was still able to pull out one of my nephews. Unfortunately, the Revilla brothers were swept toward the middle of the creek) – GMANews.TV
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