Filipinos are known around the world not only for being industrious and diligent, but also for helping those in need; thus the terms “bayanihan” and “bayani” were coined.
This unique Filipino trait has been proven time and again after a Filipino saved two Chinese nationals who were trapped in the middle of a flood in Macau.
Loreto Mijares Jr., who hails from Northern Samar, risked his life in order to save a Chinese who was submerged in the flood.
Mijares said the couple, who are in their mid-70s, were returning from the market when the flood suddenly rose.
“I was scared because it was my first time to face a typhoon and had no experience in saving drowning people in a mass flood. I am also not a professional swimmer, so it was hard for me. But I couldn’t resist, I just knew I needed to save them anyhow,” Mijares told in an interview with Rappler.
Video credit: Nafe Mercader Mijares/Facebook
The video, which was filmed by his wife Jhunnafe, also shows Loreto using ropes from the third floor of a building to rescue the partner of the Chinese he first saved out of danger.
Jhunnafe and Loreto have been working as housekeeping staff at The Parisian Macao Hotel for a year.
