Mandaluyong City -- The Philippine Red Cross (PRC), together with the Nabuntuan Emergency Response Team, successfully extracted a miner trapped after a tunnel collapsed in Brgy. Bukal, Nabunturan, Davao de Oro.
The rescue operation, which lasted for more than 24 hours, ended this morning, July 9, with the patient transported to Davao de Oro Hospital.
The PRC sent a 4-man ambulance team and 5 rope rescue trained volunteers. The chapter quickly dispatched the team after receiving a call from the local response unit asking for back-up. Upon arrival, they were informed that Alvin Bermaba, 28 years old, has been buried in chest-deep mud and debris since 7:30 AM of July 8.
“Our volunteers and staff are equipped with skill and compassion to save lives. We deploy our people after we equip them with proper training. The compassion, that we can not teach. But I am very proud that as Red Crossers, they know how to help without asking for anything and without complaining, ang mahalaga makatulong at makaligtas ng buhay. I salute our team in Davao de Oro who worked hand in hand with the local rescue unit to save Alvin,” PRC Chairman and CEO Sen. Richard Gordon said in a tweet regarding the rescue.
