By: lizz

lizz — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:22:33 +0000

just 5:30 pm today. me and my family.my three kids and my husband were on the third florr of our ofc building.we were in the room not knowing what was about to happen when a noise came from the garage below. next thing we realized,i saw from the third floor window a man going down from a motorcycle poking a gun at my father and our ofc messenger. he was shouting”ibigay mo na ibigay mo na!”pag di mo binigay yung bag mo babarilin ko yang kasama mo!” we freaked and i ran to the phone, my husband headed towards the door to go down and my eldest son followed.i was stuck on the landline phone waiting for the 117 operator to pick up…but it took so long.this time i can only pray and use the only weapon i had.to ask for the Lord’s help in prayer..i tried dialing from the celfone and handed the landline to my daughter so she too can try contacting the police. then
i heard a gunshot.after few more rings an operator picked up and i relayed that my dad was shot and that they should send policemen. then i headed towards the window again anticipating the worst..that my father was dead. and i was praying not to hear another gunshot.my daughter proceeded to the window to try and get the platenumber…she could only see the three lettters 708 and the letters eu. then…i instructed her to keep on looking and that she should stay there with her 6 year old sister…then i ran down the stairs…praying to see my father alive..and when i saw him standing by the gate..i almost jump on him and cried for joy…my prayers were answered. it took about 7 minutes more till the policemen appeared with guns.. but the motorcycle bandit already fled..not in full speed..as if he was just cruising as relayed by bystanders. there were people who witnessed the scene. no one helped.they just watched..later on i interviewed them and they said they were too scared to do anything at all.no one even tried to call the police…nor even saw the plate number..they were just plain scared..the motorcycle bandit left wth my dad’s bag.i was successful in freezing the credit card but my dad forgot he left his atm card in the bag too…and the bandit was able to withdraw his sss pension…it was a small amount compared to the great gift God has spared him today…my father’s life and our messenger’s life. But when they reported the incident the policemen said…it can’t be enough because we were not able to get the complete plate number.if the helmet had a number on it…then we can have a chance to trace and stop this man at least…there may be hundreds of them but at least …if there was a number..we can identify him and have a stronger case.

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