All Hail, Dale!

I'm sure almost everybody would have heard, read or watched about the EDSA-Makati bus bombing last Tuesday, 25 January 2011.


For the benefit of those who haven't, read it here, Inquirer Online. 




Photos courtesy of MMDA via Twitter 


First news team on the scene was from RPN, composed of cameraman Abet Sy, Assistant Cameraman Ruel Sevilla, and news correspondent and my nephew Dale De Vera. They were on their way back to the office when they saw a bus stalled on EDSA Buendia Northbound lane. When they saw that the windows and windshield were cracked, they thought it was a holdup. When they got nearer the scene, they saw smoke, blood and wounded passengers on the sidewalk. 


They decided to help out. Thoughts of getting a big break from covering this incident were put aside. They decided to be God's people. They decided to be the heart of the Filipino. They decided to be Pilipino para sa kapwa Pilipino (Filipinos for Filipinos).


(Read Dale's blog entry about it, A 15minute of Fame.)


Dale, I'm proud of what your team has done. When nobody was courageous, kind and  loving enough to help those poor victims, you three were. Lagi mong tatandaan, ang kabutihan ay kadakilaan. (Always remember that kindness is greatness.)


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And because of this incident, I am still very very praning (paranoid) when riding the bus, especially when I learned that bus was biyaheng (going to) SM Fairview. Waaaaaaa! 


And the name of the driver is Maximo Peligro (maximum peril)?!?!?!? You got to be kidding me! But then again, seriously.