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Monday, April 24, 2006
Air force rescues lost priest, 3 others from mountain
MANILA -- Air force helicopters rescued a Roman Catholic priest and three of his companions after they got lost while climbing a mountain in the northern Philippines, a report said Sunday.
The Rev. Ernie Pesimo and his friends had been wandering in the wilderness for days, weakened by a lack of food and water, when they were rescued Saturday by air force helicopters in a mountainous region in Nueva Ecija Province, the air force said in a statement.
Pesimo and his companions started their climb from Nueva Ecija's Lupao town on Monday, but got lost on their way back. One of Pesimo's companions managed to send a cell phone text message to a friend asking for help on Thursday, the statement said.
One helicopter spotted the four before nightfall on Friday but was unable to land because of thick forest cover and the gathering darkness. Two air force helicopters returned and found them Saturday near a mountain river in the company of four farmers, who were among several volunteers searching for the missing climbers, the air force
said.
Nueva Ecija is a mountainous, rice-producing region 120 kilometers north of Manila. (AP)
(April 24, 2006 issue)
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