For this edition of VOX POPULI, the Bohol Tribune ventured on getting the response of the netizens regarding their experience when the strong earthquake struck Bohol onOctober 15, 2013.
The question thrown to the people was this: “Unsay imong ikasulti agi ug paghinumdum sa makalilisang nga linog nga mitay-og sa Bohol pito (7) na ka tuig ang milabay?”
The netizens’ comments/answers to the question are the following:
▪ from Dr. Jefferson Ong: It was a surreal experience. Especially the scenario at the hospital parking lot where I attended to a dying baby with a severe head injury. No x-ray, no cardiac monitor, very few staff. Just my hand on that little chest massaging that little heart underneath hoping to give him time but that little one’s soul was called home to heaven. Meanwhile, the baby’s mother laid still on the floor of the makeshift morgue nearby, a concrete block had broken her head as she tried to carry her baby to safety at their house as it fell apart from the quake. Later I knew the baby’s father was overseas, earning what he could to prepare a good future for his child. What will he come home to? A house devoid of structure, a home no more for it too is devoid of life. When the events settled into an uneasy quiet later that morning, the aftershocks kept people on their toes. I slumped at a corner in the garden so my tears could flow and my heart unburden. In my mind, I marveled; how terribly small we are in this little corner of the earth! But how great the mercy of God who has withheld the destruction of this broken world to give the many more who survived that day, a chance return to Him like that pure soul He called home that terrible day. It’s a calling to turn to God. Like now in this pandemic.
▪ from Ef Chitrof: Di jod makalimtan hangtud karon ug naay magdahunog murag mokulba ug ayo ako dughan bisag trak nga dagko ang molabay diay
▪ from Rosalinda Paredes: The leadership of Governor Edgar Chatto
▪ from Mary Rose Bolina Edubas: Nakita nalang nako sa TV na news break akoa.bus na mao gi rent sa BANANA SPLIT na TV Show para sa anniversary nila na sa Bohol held..nag breakfast pa sila.sa.bohol tropics tapos ang crew sa TV show mao nag feed sa live news break..ang amoa bus nag takitakilid tapos ang mga debris sa bohol tropics na nangatagak…and ending sa bus tanan nag stay tanan crew overnight sa taliwa sila sa may cityhall nag park tapos ang ang artista gisundo private plane pabalik sa manila…thanking GOD we survived.
▪ from Erwin Baquial: Thanking God for keeping us safe and praying for the souls of the victims of that tragedy
- from Sheilawrenz Batoy: Nitago ko sa ilawm lamesa uban akong anak ug pagumangkon. ug nag ampo na moundang na unta ang linog. pait adtong tyma kay walay kuryente ug tubig plus nasundan pjud sa bagyong yolanda pero mapasalamaton ghapon kay walay nahitabo namo sa paglinog. God is good.
- from Lily Lopena: Gd.morning mam ard”s and to all,”di gyud lalim,ang kahadlok,at dt.time ddto mi sud sa cathedral,w/msgr.jeffry,ate dativa,ekit butalid,sol alturas etc.praying”Liturgy of the hour”,unya mga chandelier sa cathedral galamba2 na,abog kaayo ang floor gabawodbàwod morag dagat,unya awhag mi msgr.jeff gawas kay linog ni. (from: Lily Lopena)
▪ from Alan Nalzaro Dalagan: Gikujapan mig maajo oi, abe namo og kataposan na jud sa kalibotan! Praise God kay giluwas ta Niya ma’am, apil pud ka ma’am Ardy
▪ from Maritess Bellezas Nazareno: Ang akong anak naghilak nga nagkanta “Lord patawad”. Ma’am Ardy Ines Araneta Batoy didto mi sa akong bana sa lawod sakay fastcraft padulong Cebu pagkahitabo..
▪ from Russel Villas: Thankful sa Kahitas-an mam Ardy Ines Araneta Batoy nga naluwas sa kadaot sa trahedya ug nakabangon gikan sa kalisod sa sitwasyon niadtong mga panahona
▪ from Alma Mejias: akalisang….serving 120pax iloilo students preparing sa ilang breakfast ug sa dihang nitay og ang makalisang nga linog,..ang set up namo tawn mam ardz nangurajag ang mg plato,baso,tasa ug uban pa..praise God ky dali ra ug naluwas rata..wake up call para nato tanan.
▪ from Cristopher Gomez Cal: Ang ako pamilya nabiyaan naku balig 3 kaadlaw isip T117 ambulance driver/rescuer wala jud namo baliha ang kakapuy ug walay katug matabangan lamang ang mga katawhan nga nangapiit ug nastranded ug naangul. Si gov ed ug sir ae parehas nga nagtukaw ug nagsige ug monitor sa tibuok bohol.
▪ from Imee Taer Tapon: Abe kog mao natoy end of the world, maam, and so thankful ko nga luwas tang tanan sa maong trahedya
▪ from Dr. Fe Marfe Jimenez: Thank u Lord we survived!
▪ from Lourdes Aida Cagas Batoy: Naligo ako Anak unja milagubo ag gate abot lagi sa Oroquieta wa ko dha Tagbi pero ask ko ako silingan mitindog pa na ako blay
▪ from: Cha H. Chiu: Makalilisang nga walay sama!
▪ from Ae Rafols Damalerio II: The Bohol Bayanihan spirit
▪ from Ar. Nino Guidaben: That life can spring out to be worthwhile after a great crisis.
▪ from Pinky Brunidor: Ang pagpakabana sa goberno ug walay puas nga hinabang sa ngkinahanglan ug tabang.
▪ from Andy Luega Manatad: It’s not easy to 4get
▪ from TeSs WiLwayco: Ang akong ikasulti Maam, maayo gani kay na timing to nga holiday nag celebrate atong mga Muslim brothers, kay ug wala pa basin mag stampede sa mga eskwelahan atong hitaboa
▪ from Ria Uan Nar: Makalisang ang mga feeds sa fb nga nangahagba na ang mga simbahan sa Loon, Maribojoc, Clarin ug uban pa. Dako kaayo ang akong pasalamat sa Ginoo nga dili kaayo kusog ang tay og dinhi sa siyudad.
▪ from Minda Paler Araneta: God spared us, my husband and I from the tragedy. We were out of Bohol when it happened. My heart bled for those who experienced it.
▪ from Eugene V. Penalosa: All I remember are the things to pick up and keep things in order accompanied with the song “Where do I begin?
▪ from Bobsie Rubillar Uy: I was checking out my helper for breakfast when I heard a loud screeching sound outside and I felt the earth moving. All I did was praising the Lord and repeatedly thank Jesus because what was in my mind then was what was written in the Bible. In everything give thanks.