Richie Bustamante lost his consciousness four times as he and 39 fellow passengers spent about an hour adrift in the turbulent Iloilo Strait. But the 34-year-old security guard from Buenavista town in Guimaras Island quickly regained his consciousness when he heard his six-year-old son Brent Kian calling for him. “He never cried. Maybe his guardian angel was there with him during our darkest moment,” Bustamante said in Hiligaynon.

Dalipe, G. (2019, August 6). 'He vever cried': Father attributes survival to son's courage. Daily Guardian, pp. 1, 14.