SAVED. Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard-Sibonga substation and Sibonga Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office watch as rescuers and fisherfolk assist the six passengers they rescued from a capsized pump boat on Thursday night (June 20, 2024). The ship capsized while on its way to Calape town in Bohol. (Photo courtesy of Sibonga MDRRMO)
CEBU CITY – Philippine Coast Guard personnel rescued six passengers of a pump boat that capsized on Thursday night while sailing from Cebu’s southern town of Sibonga to Calape town in Bohol.
A report from PCG-Cebu said rescuers from the Sibonga substation were quick to respond along with the town’s Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office personnel and fisherfolk in the area.
Rescued passengers were identified as Atis Flores, 78, Federico Flores, 72; Sarah Sacedon and Dereck Flores, 48; Desiderio Flores, 42; Devonne Flores, 15, all residents of Mantatao, Calape, Bohol.
“The group traveled to Sibonga to attend an interment of a relative. On their way back home to Calape, Bohol, they encountered giant waves which caused the pump boat to capsize,” the PCG said in a statement Friday. (PNA)
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