CERVANTES, Ilocos Sur – Another hero cadet
emerged from the Philippine Military Academy after second class cadet Efren T.
Sad-ayan, 29, saved his younger brother from the deep waters of an irrigation
dam in this town Wednesday morning.
His deed to save his own brother’s life,
however, cost him his own.
Sad-ayan, a native of Mankayan, Benguet, was
on vacation since Dec. 26, from his schooling at the National Defense College
of Japan. He was with his family enjoying the holidays.
A family gathering at Sitio Bao-angan,
Comillas, in southern upland Cervantes became tragic when his younger brother,
Bryan Paul, who was swimming at the said irrigation, was about to drown.
Sad-ayan came to the rescue and saved his
younger brother, but he himself was not able to escape the strong currents.
Residents Romando Acyadan and Alvin Ortega
found him at the irrigation bed dead.
More than four months ago, another hero
cadet- Alfonso Aviles, 23– risked his own life against an armed robber
victimizing a passenger jeepney in Quezon City.
He was going back to V. Luna to oversee
the Aug. 16 PMA entrance examinations, being a Manila proctor team member, when
he tried to fight the robber in the jeepney.
The armed robber pumped a bullet on Aviles’s
head and another on his left cheek which struck his collar bone.
For several weeks, he was on coma but managed
to regain consciousness after. – Jerry Padilla
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