PAZ Capoy, 59, wakes up early every day to cook breakfast for her family.
On Thursday, September 20, she woke up at 5 a.m. to cook rice, but she found their stove outside their house not working, as it got soaked from Wednesday night's rain.
She decided to go to her relatives' house in Sitio Sindulan to borrow a stove, leaving behind her daughters Lauren, 22; Teresa, 19; and grandson, Christopher, 8.
While cooking, Capoy heard a rumbling sound and the earth suddenly shook. It was 6 a.m.
She looked toward the direction of her house and saw mud and rocks tumbling down the hillside and into her home.
At least 100 residents, including Capoy's daughters and grandson, were buried alive in the massive landslide that hit the area Thursday, September 20.
"Ngano man nahitabo ni? Ngano man? (Why did this happen? Why?)," said Capoy, who can only cry as rescuers continue to dig at the massive landslide that covered her house and those of her neighbors.
As of 9 a.m. Thursday, September 20, four people, including a child, died in the incident.