PO1 Joseph Gumatay Sagonoy
About PO1 Joseph Gumatay Sagonoy:
- >> On Jan. 25, 2015, PO1 Joseph Sagonoy, 26, was seen online on Facebook.
- >> His older brother James, an overseas Filipino worker in United Arab Emirates, messaged him immediately when he saw the green dot beside Joseph’s name. “Tol, kamusta ka na? Hope you’re OK dyan (Brother, how are you? Hope you’re OK there),” James said.
- >> He knew that Joseph was in Mindanao for a mission right after just finishing training. They last spoke via phone call three day earlier before Joseph left for Mamasapano, Maguindanao.
- >> Joseph did not reply. Only after James messaged did he get sent via Facebook message an initial list of 41 men – the number has since been raised to 44 – who died in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, on Jan. 25 after 11 hours of fighting. Joseph’s name was No. 28.
- >> James struggled to hold back tears in an
interview with INQUIRER.net during the arrival of 42 bodies on Jan.
29 at Villamor Air Base.
