CABANATUAN CITY - The team of the "People's Champion" Manny Pacquiao has pledged to extend relief assistance to two avid fans who were electrocuted, while viewing the Pacquiao vs. Marquez fight 3 on Sunday, Nov. 19 here.
Buboy Fernandez, trainer and best friend of Pacquiao, has reportedly conveyed to the family of the two victims that the Pacquiao Team will undertake the payment of the hospital bills of the two, as well as the funeral expenses of the deceased victim, Jaypee Robles, who died four days from release at the Premiere general hospital here.
Jaypee Robles, 21, and his friend Joey Mallare, 19, both farmers, both residents of Purok 7, Talipapa Norte, this city, sustained third degree burns as a result of electrocution.They were watching the Manny Pacquiao vs. Eric "El Terible" Morales fight on TV at a friend's house in Barangay Pamaldan.Unable to enjoy the fight due to poor reception of the images on the TV set they were watching, the two young men volunteered to fix the antenna by manually altering the iron pole holding the antenna.
Once the cable wires supporting the police were removed, the two moved the antenna to higher ground.However, in the excitement to view the fight and at the same time get a favorable directional setting of the antenna, the iron pole leaned back and landed on a live wire strung nearby which resulted in the electrocution of the two friends.
Mallare's nape, fingers and toes suffered severe burns, while Robles's side of the body, buttocks, fingers, arms and breasts were also severely burned.The victim's families have appealed on TV the other day for assistance from Pacquiao. - MAGTANGGOL C. VILAR
Friday, December 01, 2006
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