As I was uploading the videos in You Tube concerning the aero dance exhibit of CSC officials and employees in commemoration of our 107th Anniversary this September, I reviewed blog entries posted at Pinoyblogosphere, where I used to blog. My attention was caught by the blog entry of basapa concerning the heroism displayed by two Americans, Mr. Troop Edmunds and Mr. Jerry Hawe, who rescued Lani from the alleged sex slave trafficker in Malaysia. Mr. Edmunds and Mr. Hawe, retired marine officer and FBI agent, respectively, are already in their 60’s. They traveled more than 6,000 miles away from home and conducted their own search and rescue mission and recovered Lani successfully.
I wonder what happened to other Pilipinas who were with Lani, the operator of this alleged sex slave syndicate or what the Malaysian Government is doing on the matter. I would like, however, to invite everybody to convey our sincere gratitude to Mr. Edmunds and Mr. Hawe. They deserve the admiration and respect not only of our OFWs, but the entire Pilipino nation. While my Great Grandfather may have been one the fierciest enemy of the Americans during the Pilipino-American War, the heroism displayed by Mr. Edmunds and Mr. Hawe deserves our respect and admiration in the same way that the Americans respected my Great Grandfather in the battlefield.
On the brighter side, the prisoners in Cebu, that caught worldwide attention for their callistenics dance, was, once again, featured in CNN news. Government officials and employees regularly performs mass callestinics dance in their offices long before the “thriller” in Cebu prison camp caught worldwide attention. The difference: it was performed in a prison compound and was featured in You Tube.
CSC mass aero dance exhibit is now featured in You Tube, but not in a prison compound:
