SAN FERNANDO CITY, La
Union – Rescue teams Friday were still searching for a fisherman who went missing
at dawn Tuesday off the coast of this city amid rough weather conditions.
The missing fisherman
was identified as Rodolfo Padilla, 43, resident of Barangay Catbangen.
According to initial
reports, Padilla, along with his nephew Edgar Cabradilla, 43, also from
Catbangen boarded separate fishing boats at around 2 a.m. Tuesday, despite
unfavorable weather conditions.
Padilla’s boat
was battered by strong winds and large waves and later capsized.
Cabradilla tried, in
vain, to rescue Padilla and promptly returned to shore to seek assistance from
authorities.
Personnel from the
Philippine Coast Guard, Philippine Navy, local maritime police and Provincial
and City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council launched a search and
rescue operation which was later suspended due to bad weather.
“Rubber and aluminum
boats failed to reach possible sites because of big waves, so we asked the help
of the Philippine Air Force and Office of Civil Defense for helicopters,” said
Florycel Obeña, City Fishery and Aquatic Resource Management coordinator. --
Erwin Beleo
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