BY: NETIZENS JOURNALS
Firefighter Lords Ramos Hernandez was shocked when he found out that the 10-year old boy, whom they rescued 12 years ago (Horacio “Atio” Castillo III) was apparently killed in a fraternity hazing.
Atio, 22, a law student at University of Sto. Thomas died of massive injuries and found dead by his family at the hospital early Monday after they received an anonymous text message.
Firefighter Ramos learned the news about Atio in Teleradyo and the name mentioned had struck him. He only confirmed that it was indeed Horatio ‘Atio’ Castillo III when he saw Carmina (Atio’s mother) on 'TV Patrol' news program.
“Nakita ko sa Teleradyo iyong tatay. Sabi ko familiar iyong name. Then noong gabi sa 'TV Patrol,' nakita ko na si Carmina (Castillo, Atio's mother). Doon ko na-confirm,” Hernandez told ABS-CBN News on Saturday.
The firefighter actually expressed his despair in a Facebook post on Thursday over Atio’s untimely death.
via facebook.com/lords.hernadez/
He wrote:
"It's so heartbreaking to think that the 10-year-old kid that we rescued in a residential fire that happened in Paco, Manila way back Dec. 7, 2005, became a victim of a fatal hazing,"
It was on December 7, 2005, when the Castillo family trapped on the roof deck of their three-story home when Hernandez an arson investigator for the Manila Fire Department at the time and the Paco Fire Station responded to the scene.
He recounted:
"Na-trap sila doon sa taas ng roof deck na iyon. Sa second floor sila nakatira. Di sila makababa,"
"Then ang nangyari, si Horacio Jr., iyong tatay, umakayat doon sa may fence ng roof, dala-dala niya ang bata. Nasa dibdib niya."
Photo credit @GMA News
The father then Horacio Jr. suffered a leg injury but Atio who slipped off his father’s arm was unharmed because a window canopy broke his fall.
Meanwhile, the mother, Carmina was brought down using a ladder by firefighters was also unhurt.
Hernandez said that the 12-year-old photo of young Atio as he was being carried off by two men do serves a “sentimental” purpose, part of the reason why he kept Castillo's photos all the time.
"Every fire rescue kasi is an achievement not by myself but also of the whole fire department, so important sa aming mga firemen iyan," Hernandez said, "because all fire incidents have their own story."
Lords Ramos Hernandez is the Engine OIC Gagalangin Firestation in Tondo Manila and now with a rank of fire officer 2. He and other firefighters responded to the fire incident in Paco, Manila.
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