The boat in charge
named Dennis De Lena said they had gone off course because the big
waves in their usual course pushed them to take a longer but safer
path.
Here they spotted the
brothers Ronald and Marlon Canamor, aged 18 and 16 both holding on to
their capsized boat named Amihan.
The brothers said De
Lena narrated that they left Libucan Isle at dawn on June 23, 2009. It
was when they were already out at sea when the rough waters started
tossing Amihan that they realized there was a storm. The constant
tossing eventually damaged Amihan’s hull and turned it over.
The brothers clung to
the boat as they prayed for a miracle.
The prayer was
answered in two hours when the big waves sent FB Sto Niño to the two
desperate youngsters.
De Lena admitted it
was risky saving the two as it delayed them and exposed them to more
danger, but as a retired soldier, whose mission is to save lives, his
noble duty prevailed.
They gave the boys dry
clothes and food to eat.
On Wednesday morning,
July Umbana, brother of the shipping boat owner went to radio station
DYMS to broadcast that they have rescued the Canamor brothers.
Unknown to the boys,
their father Tonying had also left a word with Radyo ng Bayan Calbayog
announcing that they have lost two boys at the height of Typhoon Feria.
Tonying and a cousin,
visibly sunburned, said they sailed to the islands of Daram, Zumarraga
and the islets of Rama and Cagutian (all of Catbalogan) to look for
the two boys.
Just as they were
about to lose hope, a relative heard the public announcement from DYMS.
The reunion of father
and sons took place at three in the afternoon of Wednesday on board FB
Sto Niño.
Tonying was excited to
bring home his sons where their mother was waiting for them but not
after profusely thanking De Lena for the noble deed he extended to his
two young boys. (with report from Edgar Guya).
