So i saw a few video clips of the tragic event and was totally appalled by how the entire situation was handled, especially on the part when the SWAT team was trying to... erm... seriously, i do not know what they were doing at all. The thing is that from the look of it, they appeared to be clueless as well!
Everything just seems so wrong. I would wanna say the SWAT team looked like a joke, but then this is no laughing matter, and there's nothing funny at all when lives were lost. Indeed, life is unpredictable and no one could have known that the tourists would be held hostages just the day before they were gonna return home. Yet, what we have here is a situation that would not have happened if it wasn't for the mishandling of the situation. Here's an article on BBC News with expert pointing out what the SWAT team did wrongly that resulted in such tragedy.
But then again, there is no what-if in life and what happened had already happened. All i want to say now is that my heart goes out to the families of the victims. May God grants all the lost souls eternal rest of peace.
As a side note, big boss called me this afternoon and told me that we are facing a minor situation in our Philippines office that may require people to go over there. I then asked him who would wanna go there now after the piece of headline news on the killed hostages. I reminded him that the families of our staff would definitely be worried and unwilling for them to travel to Philippines now. For instance, i told him, i'm very sure my mom would oppose to it if i were to go there. Yet, boss said if the work really requires so, then sometimes we have no choice.
I seriously did not agree with such assertion, but then i kept quiet about it. No point in saying anything more since it was not confirmed yet. Let's see how it goes in the end.
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