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Drilon on ordeal: A ‘sobering experience’
MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE 2) A “sobering experience” was how a television reporter who was freed late Tuesday night by her Abu Sayyaf captors described her nine-day ordeal as she thanked friends and colleagues who prayed for her and apologized to her network for causing a “headache.”
In a press conference after arriving in Manila from Zamboanga City Wednesday, ABS-CBN’s Ces Drilon expressed relief anew at her safe release and that of her cameramen, Jimmy Encarnacion and Angelo Valderama, who was abducted with her last June 8, along with Octavio Dinampo, Mindanao State University professor.
But at the same time, Drilon admitted that she had been stubborn and ignored warnings about the danger that she was putting herself and her crew into.
She also said that ABS-CBN only knew “to a certain extent” what story she was pursuing in Mindanao.
"I want to make it clear na [that] my office to a certain extent knew what my story was. [But] may mga [there were] instructions na sinuway ko kasi naging matigas ulo ko [that I ignored because I was stubborn] at one point and I disregarded some warnings. I put the lives of my team in danger, it was a sobering experience," Drilon said upon her arrival shortly after 2 p.m. at the domestic airport.
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at 08:17 on June 18th, 2008
Hmm, that may be some sort of isolated cases. Ces had just bumped into the hands of "POWER GREEDY" people. Im sure there are lots of story behind and there is a big reason why Ces was being captive for a while-- This may not be to totally abduct her but to warned concerned people to give more attentions on realistic issues in the real life and not to create such "GHOST" which in turn will be your worst "NIGHTMARE"