“She saved us”: Grief as hero daughter dies in Cebu rockslide tragedy
• A 17-year-old girl in Bogo City, Cebu, died a hero after running back into her collapsing home during the earthquake
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• The victim, Lady Jean Ytang, protected her mother and infant sibling from a deadly rockslide
• Her father stated, "She saved us. She was the reason we lived, but she was the one who died," confirming her selfless act
• Barangay Binabag in Bogo City, which is situated at the foot of a mountain, was ravaged by landslides, resulting in the loss of at least 15 lives
The powerful earthquake that shook Cebu on Tuesday has left a trail of destruction and heartbreaking stories of loss, particularly in Bogo City.
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Among the fatalities is a 17-year-old girl hailed as a hero by her grieving family and community after she sacrificed her life to save her mother and baby brother from collapsing debris.
The tragedy unfolded in Barangay Binabag, a mountain-foot village in Bogo City that was heavily impacted by the quake-triggered rockslide.
Reports indicate that multiple homes in the area were instantly crushed by massive boulders dislodged from the hillside, leading to the loss of at least 15 residents in the barangay alone.
The overall death toll for the province of Cebu due to the magnitude 6.9 tremor has tragically climbed to over 70.
The young victim, identified as Lady Jean Ytang (aged 17 in some reports, 16 in others), had already managed to get out of her family's house as the violent shaking began late Tuesday night.
However, in a selfless act of courage, she immediately ran back inside the house as the structure began to give way.
Her sole motivation was to shield her mother, Juby Ytang, and her infant sibling.
According to a poignant account shared by her parents, Lady Jean woke them up in the midst of the violent shaking, frantically urging her mother to protect the baby brother
Moments later, huge rocks and debris crashed into their home. The selfless teenager took the brunt of the impact as she attempted to shield her family, sustaining fatal injuries.
“She saved us. She was the reason we lived, but she was the one who died,” said her father, Silvestre, fighting back tears as he recounted the harrowing minutes that defined their family's tragedy.
He described how his own injury prevented him from carrying his daughter to safety.
Lady Jean's dedication to her family was profound; her mother shared that she had even temporarily stopped her schooling to help care for her newborn sibling.
The infant survived the catastrophe with minor bruising, a testament to his sister's final, heroic action.
The tragedy in Barangay Binabag was widespread. The bodies of 11 victims from the barangay, including Lady Jean, were placed side-by-side in caskets laid out in a vacant lot near the mountain, as a temporary communal wake was organized for the grieving community.
Another devastating loss in the same area was suffered by Jesiel Malinao, who was trapped for an hour under the rubble.
While neighbors eventually rescued Jesiel, she immediately started digging through the debris herself, only to find the lifeless bodies of her two young sons, aged five and ten, who had been crushed by the rocks.
Her desperate cry to her children, "I thought it was just a nightmare... Wherever you are, please help Mama recover," encapsulates the profound grief gripping the survivors of the disaster.
Bogo City was the most hard-hit area, accounting for a significant portion of the total fatalities in the province.
With all reported missing persons now accounted for, the Office of Civil Defense has announced the cessation of search, rescue, and retrieval operations, transitioning efforts toward relief and rehabilitation.
Families affected by the multiple tragedies are now appealing to the local government for assistance, particularly with burial and funeral expenses, as they grapple with the sudden, catastrophic loss of their loved ones.
News, photos, or videos that arouse the interest of netizens would often go viral on social media, due to the attention netizens give them. These viral posts appeal to the emotions of netizens, and in rare cases, this could also happen to ordinary people, making them very relatable stories for all of the ordinary people in the country as today.
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