Renee Patron, a Filipino-American living here, said: “The seawater went up all the way to the mountain. The beach doesn’t look the same. The sand became boulders. The corals became mountains.” At the height of the typhoon, Patron said, she and her family hid inside a closet. “We are just happy to be alive. All the things we have are gone and we realized those things don’t matter at all,” she said. “The hardest part is not knowing what has happened to the people we know. I don’t know if they’re still alive.” Read more: newsinfo.inquirer.net/528441/aid-finally-arrives-in-town-battered-first-by-yolanda#ixzz2kowA2deQ Follow us: @inquirerdotnet on Twitter | inquirerdotnet on Facebook
Posted on: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 14:54:49 +0000
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