• Pia Hontiveros: “What were you told about (Baler) Aurora?”
• Sam Reyes: “We had meetings before training and Coach Tab (Baldwin) explained about rip currents and how to get out of it.
Sa Manila pa lang.”
OMG!
Coach Tab Baldwin is criminally liable.
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“I FEEL GUILT LANG PO KASI RENE WAS BESIDE ME AND I FELT I COULD HAVE DONE MORE PARA DI SYA MALUNOD. IT’S EATING ME ALIVE”
Kieffer Alas and Sam Reyes break their silence, becoming the first 2 Ateneo players to speak up publicly in Let’s Talk with Pia Hontiveros on The Pod Network podcast after the Aurora tragedy that claimed the lives of their teammates Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili.
The two, who admittedly being nearly drowned as well, were also swept by the currents and the waves with Baterbonia and Adili, narrate the story before, during and after the tragedy in a tell-all interview.
Other Ateneo players like Jared Bahay and Ian Espinosa, meanwhile, also spoke during Ateneo’s townhall meeting.
As per Alas, three batches of huge waves swept and broke the Blue Eagles into groups with Alas, Reyes, Adili, and Baterbonia among those who were carried away by the waters the farthest from others who managed to swim back to the shores. | via @bryanulanday
"If we truly care about what happened to Rene and Divine, then we should be willing to follow the facts wherever they lead, not only when they align with the story we want to believe." ‼️
Every parent at @ateneodemanilau should be terrified. Fr. Yap publicly admitting they have no clue what is happening right under their nose, who works for them, and what these adults are doing to students!?!
Kieffer: We were really getting close in the short time na nakasama po namin siya. I hope that yung public po...I hope you guys know na it's really hard for us to speak up po. I hope you guys understand na we experienced the trauma po as well. Divine and Rene, we miss you guys.
he educated the boys about rip currents before heading to aurora. he knew how dangerous it was but he still pushed through. why? did he think same results lang with previous batches? na ma-s-save din kapag may muntik malunod?
putting his players’ lives in danger was a choice.
Hay kinikilabutan ako. Lalo na si Ian Espinosa pa sumundo kay Rene Baterbonia when he arrived at Ateneo 😭
Feel ko nakalangoy si Rene pero sa sobrang lakas ng alon, hindi niya kinaya lalo na riptide ang kalaban nila.
baterbonia’s story is impossible to separate from class. for kids from wealthy families, education and sports can be passions. for kids from working class households, they are responsibilities and pathways out of poverty and promises made to the people waiting for them back home.