Monday marked the 1st anniversary of the capsizing of 3 boats --MB Chi Chi, MB Keziah and MB Jenny Vince -- in the Iloilo-Guimaras Strait that left at least 31 people dead.
Video footage taken by the ABS-CBN News Iloilo showed the struggle for rescuers to save lives during raging waters and heavy rains. Volunteers were carrying bodies of passengers one after another to a waiting ambulance and medics at the Iloilo wharf. Watch more in iWant or TFC.tv Despite the loss of lives, livelihood, and a crippled economy for the Guimaras province in the last quarter of 2019, survivors remain hopeful and thankful.
“It kept coming back. Sometimes, I would just wake up with my heart pounding. I just pray," she recalled in her recent interview with ABS-CBN News. When her life was at stake, she said she first thought of her children. She prayed hard hoping to survive as she could not bear the thought of dying, leaving her three children on their own.
A year after the tragedy, Garcia said she became more inspired by her three children. She resigned from her previous job and focused on working from home where she could be with her children. “Tapos siguro ang ikalawa kong buhay ay may purpose. Ito siguro ay para makasama ko ang mga anak ko," said Garcia, who lives with her children in San Lorenzo, Guimaras.
Now, amid the coronavirus pandemic, she said she's afraid but remains strong that just like what happened last year, she would still get through it with her children, as long as they are with each other.
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