RP dragonboat team helps rescue flood victims

There was a bad storm that hit the Philippines and there were alot of people killed or hurt by this storm and there heroes too!  These group of individuals helped to get some of the people that were victims of the flooding that was caused by this storm. It was a typhoon called “Ondoy” that wreck havoc to many lives and just want to congratulate these members of the Dragon Boat… THANK YOU! Well done! The story was published Good News Pilipinas!

The Philippine Coast Guard called in the services of their 12 personnel who are members of the country’s dragonboat team.

“We need strong people who could row… against the strong flood currents in order to reach the people in distress,” PCG spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Armand Balilo said.

He admitted that the floodwaters and the devastation brought about by typhoon “Ondoy” proved to be a challenge for them.

“This was the first time that we had to load rubber boats on the Light Rail Transit trains in order to get to Marikina,” he said. The rescue team could not travel on the ground because many vehicles and other obstructions littered the roads.

PCG commandant Adm. Wilfredo Tamayo ordered that lifeboats hanging on PCG vessels be used. The PCG Auxiliary and the Aboitiz Transport Service Corp. also lent equipment for rescue operations.

The PCG, in going to Cainta, Rizal, utilized Maritime Environmental Protection Command (Marpol) trucks and their military M-35 trucks to transport PCG personnel to the area.