Quirino Hostage Taking

it was about 10 in the morning when i was on my way home from sucat with my family. As we passed by Roxas boulevard we were caught in a terrible traffic because they said that the "tulay" was closed that got all of us thinking, why? so we took the taft way and finally arrived home and i straightly went to school for class. It was only when i got to school that i knew of the hostage taking in Quirino. I did not know how serious it was until i got back home from school around 6-7 in the evening. as i watched in the TV and nervously waiting for something to happen, i was paused with a question that i'm sure other's would ask, "Where is the president?" Firings happened, breaking of windows and lastly blood shed. at that time i know majority of the Filipinos were put to silent and sadness in their hearts for what has happened, and still the question remained on my head. "Where is the president." i don't know if it was right for me to automatically look for the president when all the chaos was happening. Maybe it was because i felt him being responsible for what was happening. The night moved on with so many questions in the minds of the people. Morning came and of coarse it was the talk of the town. Critics came talking and different explanations were given and the feeling of sadness was widespread.

During the seminar that we had, we were able to ask some questions to the secretary of DOT regarding the Hostage taking incident, who mentioned how he is willing to answer all the questions but not all at the moment. "it was too big for a new and young administration" the speaker said as he answered the questions during the open forum. when the speaker said this, somehow i understood how it was hard for the administration to handle. i still find it hard on how to react on the incident because i don't know who is it to be blamed in the incident. Should it be the PNP and others, the media or the president? nobody could really blame everybody because i was sure nobody wanted it to happen. "accept responsibility for the blame..." this was a very mature thing for the speaker to say because nobody really asked for what happened but still there should be a responsibility to accept the blame somehow. This incident has shaken the country today and i think it's best if we share our sympathy to those who were harmed by the incident and hope for the better.