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BINATILYONG NALUNOD SA AKLAN RIVER, PINAGTUTULUNGANG HANAPIN NG MGA RESIDENTE NG AKLAN.
15-anyos na binatilyong si Jhorus, misteryosong naglaho sa Aklan River! Kaya ang mga taga-Aklan, nagbabayanihan para siya’y mahanap.
Pero hinala ng ilan, hindi raw ito simpleng kaso ng pagkalunod. Mayroon daw kasing bantay ang ilog na diumano, kumuha kay Jhorus?!
At ang nangunguha sa ilog… na-videohan pa raw?
Ano nga ba ang katotohanan sa kanyang pagkawala?
Panoorin ang video! #KMJS
"Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho" (One at Heart, Jessica Soho) is the Philippines' top-rating news magazine program, hosted by one of the most-awarded broadcast journalists in the country, Jessica Soho. It features human interest stories, food, news personalities, travel, trends and pop culture.'KMJS' airs every Sunday, 8:15 PM on GMA Network. Subscribe to youtube.com/gmapublicaffairs for our full episodes. #KMJS
BINATILYONG NALUNOD SA AKLAN RIVER, PINAGTUTULUNGANG HANAPIN NG MGA RESIDENTE NG AKLAN.
15-anyos na binatilyong si Jhorus, misteryosong naglaho sa Aklan River! Kaya ang mga taga-Aklan, nagbabayanihan para siya’y mahanap.
Pero hinala ng ilan, hindi raw ito simpleng kaso ng pagkalunod. Mayroon daw kasing bantay ang ilog na diumano, kumuha kay Jhorus?!
At ang nangunguha sa ilog… na-videohan pa raw?
Ano nga ba ang katotohanan sa kanyang pagkawala?
Panoorin ang video! #KMJS
"Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho" (One at Heart, Jessica Soho) is the Philippines' top-rating news magazine program, hosted by one of the most-awarded broadcast journalists in the country, Jessica Soho. It features human interest stories, food, news personalities, travel, trends and pop culture.'KMJS' airs every Sunday, 8:15 PM on GMA Network. Subscribe to youtube.com/gmapublicaffairs for our full episodes. #KMJS
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00:00In the newspapers, a mysterious bomb exploded in the Aklan River, killing several people.
00:12However, this is not a simple case of drowning.
00:17The river is believed to be guarded.
00:23This past month, the Aklan had a party.
00:30But they still have a band next to the river.
00:38But they don't play to have fun.
00:42They call this to their band that has been missing for several days after drowning in the river.
00:50But there are some who believe that the child was not just drowned, but someone took him.
01:07They have a king inside.
01:09They scream when someone is shouting.
01:11And the child doesn't know him, he's not from here.
01:15And the one who is swimming in the river is still filming?
01:20Do you see anything?
01:24This is the weekly news on the island of Panay.
01:33About the action.
01:37And the intense search for the missing child in the province of Aklan.
01:45Aklan, Panay
01:51This is 15-year-old Jhorus, the eldest son of Rosebell.
01:56On January 29, Jhorus said goodbye to his mother.
02:01The next day, we had a fight on the island, he said.
02:05I told them, where are you going?
02:08They just turned to me and smiled.
02:10At 2 p.m.,
02:12We received a text that someone was drowned in the area of Kulo.
02:23The story of Jhorus' classmate, Ken.
02:26Let's swim.
02:27They were able to swim in the river after they practiced.
02:34They were able to swim to the other side, which is 500 meters away.
02:39The light was calm.
02:45At the part of the river, we didn't swim because we know it's deep.
02:48Here, we went to the bottom.
02:51But the rain poured, so they decided to go back.
02:55We called it by two.
02:57Jhorus was already riding behind Ainz.
03:00Ainz was pulled.
03:04Jhorus pushed Ainz under the water,
03:07so Jhorus was on top.
03:15Ainz started to swim,
03:17but he went back to the other side.
03:20I don't know what happened.
03:21He went to the clear water.
03:23Adrian swam again, but he disappeared.
03:26We didn't see him.
03:27Our team immediately conducted a search and rescue operation.
03:30The only challenge was the deep water level
03:34at the site, which is around 15 to 19 feet.
03:39The 24-kilometer Aklan River
03:42is the longest river in the province of Aklan.
03:45Our Aklan River is one of the violent rivers here in Panay.
03:50Because of its width and size,
03:52it was difficult for them to determine where Jhorus went or hid.
03:59So everyone took action in the search.
04:01These are the groups of divers,
04:03the Region 6 Philippine Coast Guard.
04:07There are also parts of the river that were cut by a buffalo.
04:17The second day of the search and rescue operation
04:20was also the day of Jhorus' father.
04:31I'm scared.
04:32I don't know what to do.
04:34I'm scared.
04:37My family.
04:40It's my father's birthday.
04:45It's my father's birthday.
04:52I'm scared.
04:53I don't know what to do.
04:55I'm scared.
04:58Jesus Christ, King of Salvation.
05:01There are some residents who believe
05:03that Jhorus' body is still not found in the river
05:07because someone took it here.
05:14In the part of the river where Jhorus is said to have gone,
05:18there is only their body left.
05:22There's a siren in there.
05:25It's like there's a ghost.
05:27In fact, Jhorus was not the first victim.
05:31It was in the 1970s
05:33when the 14-year-old daughter of husband Luz and Jose
05:38was also mysteriously lost in the river.
05:41The boat was already full.
05:43But she insisted on riding the boat.
05:47It sank.
05:50They say there's a rock there
05:52where the water is circling.
05:55She fell.
05:57She was the only one who died there.
06:00What can be proven
06:02is that they do not believe the story of the river.
06:08Ivan's grandfather did not go there.
06:10They only met personally.
06:14He saw the siren sitting on the rock.
06:17He became friends with that siren.
06:20He even brought his grandfather to their kingdom
06:24under the river.
06:26When he went under the river,
06:28he opened the door and asked for a fish.
06:31He said it was good.
06:32Because of these stories,
06:34many albularyo came to the river
06:37to help in the search.
06:39Jhorus is down there.
06:41It's like he doesn't want to go out there.
06:43When the Ace of Flowers came out,
06:45his body was already far away.
06:47The psychic, Jey Kostura,
06:49wrote an article.
06:51It's possible to see the body there.
06:54When we searched, we didn't see anything.
06:56This Friday,
06:57after they explored the depths of the river,
07:01will they be able to find Jhorus?
07:07We noticed a body under the water.
07:10It has a strong current.
07:11It has a hole.
07:12It has a hole.
07:15There's also a video
07:17where they found the body.
07:22Take a good look.
07:25What is this?
07:26It looks like a woman with a long hair.
07:28It looks like they're watching the water.
07:31Meanwhile,
07:32there's another angle that the people are looking at.
07:36Maybe he was killed and buried.
07:38There's only one opinion.
07:39They let him drown
07:41and hid his body far away from the river.
07:43Because there's a play going on there.
07:46Okay, hit the bars, guys.
07:48No one will stop
07:49because we will force the answers
07:59to our return.
08:06A 15-year-old man,
08:08from Banga, in Aklan,
08:10has been missing for almost two weeks
08:12after he drowned in the Aklan River.
08:15His body was not found.
08:17That's why it was not found
08:18because someone took it from him.
08:21There's a siren there.
08:25Another video went viral.
08:28You can see that under the water,
08:31someone took a different image.
08:35It looks like a woman with a long hair.
08:39It looks like they're watching the water.
08:41I took the video
08:43and I saw an image that looks like a person.
08:46The video was taken by vlogger, James.
08:49I was really surprised.
08:50There are a lot of albolarios here.
08:53I saw that there's only one answer.
08:57It's either a body or a siren.
09:03But according to the residents
09:05who live near the river,
09:07even the divers who joined
09:09the search and rescue operation,
09:11it's just a rock that floats
09:14when the water is low.
09:16Volunteer divers and PDRRMO
09:19also joined the search and rescue operation.
09:21The area above,
09:22there's a mountainous side.
09:24That reflects the water.
09:27That's why when you combine all of that,
09:29you can see the shape of a siren.
09:33All of the things that can't be answered
09:36by what we see,
09:38we believe it's a mystery.
09:40We're looking for answers,
09:42but it's not visible to the senses.
09:44That's why we think it's supernatural.
09:48The victim really doesn't know how to swim.
09:51We stopped Jokas from joining us.
09:53He insisted on joining us.
09:55This Friday,
09:57the volunteer divers
09:59will continue their underwater search.
10:02Okay, 50 bars, guys.
10:11My estimate is just one meter.
10:14It's not deep.
10:16They said there are shrimps there.
10:18That's why the water flows there.
10:20There's only one direction.
10:22We cleaned the area,
10:23but we didn't see any body of Jokas.
10:26Probably, there are structures
10:28that are attached to him.
10:30His body is buried in the sand.
10:32If he didn't drown,
10:34he might have been flushed out of the sea.
10:36That's the Aklan River, ma'am.
10:38The water goes straight to Sibuyansin.
10:41Meanwhile, the people
10:43are also looking for a new angle
10:46in the disappearance of Jokas.
10:48Maybe he was killed,
10:49then buried.
10:50We killed him and hid him.
10:53Then we took him out and drowned him.
10:55We didn't do anything to him, ma'am.
10:57He's our friend,
10:59our classmate.
11:00We didn't kill Jokas.
11:03I didn't believe it.
11:04One of their colleagues,
11:06my son,
11:07he's like his cousin.
11:08Based on the investigation,
11:09we found out that
11:10there's no power flake.
11:12The speculations
11:13that appear on social media
11:15have no basis.
11:17It's just a reference
11:18to the posting of malicious content.
11:20There's nothing
11:21because there are individuals
11:23who are involved.
11:26The search for life
11:28continues for Rosebell and Joey.
11:31But as the days go by,
11:33they still can't find Jorus.
11:35Their quest
11:37is getting deeper and deeper.
11:48He went home.
11:54That's all we're praying for.
11:56That he'll come home to us.
11:59Even if I tell him
12:00that he's dead,
12:02we'll still accept him.
12:05That's all.
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