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| DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo body found after the plane crash last Saturday. August 18, 2012 |
After searching for almost three days now, Roxas announces that Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo was dead.
"May malungkot tayong balita. At 7:25 this morning, yung volunteer divers natin nakita ang fuselage. May mga katawan sa loob pero 'di nila talaga ma-identify. Nung nakalapit sila at about 7:45 am, may mga indications na isa doon sa mga katawan sa loob ng fuselage ay kay Sec Robredo. At that was at about 7:45 (am)," as Roxas quoted on a press breifing shortly after 9 am Tuesday in Masbate.
The body was located and retrieved on Tuesday, August 21, at the Masbaste City Coast. Robredo's body was found in the cabin of the plane; and he was first recovered and brought to the coast guard vessel.
Matt Reed, who is British Techinical Diver, was the one who discover the body of the Secretary underwater, said Roxas.
The 2 other ppilots named Jesse Bahinting and co-pilot Kshitiz Chand have also been found were also found and retrieved on the cockpit area.
President Benigno Aquino III, who is back in Manila, personally relayed the news to Robredo's wife Atty Leni Gerona-Robredo via a phone call at around 8:20 am, Roxas said.
