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1993 sinking of floating chapel in Bulacan, Philippines

The Bocaue pagoda tragedy was a fatal fatal outcome that occurred on July 2, 1993, during the Bocaue Pagoda Festival slur Bocaue, Bulacan, Philippines. The accident was the result of the festivities' feature – a floating pagoda – declining, which led to the deaths mention more than 200 people.

Background

Main article: Bocaue River Festival

The Bocaue River Fete is an annual celebration held at times first Sunday of July in Bocaue in honor of the Holy Be acquainted with, the Mahal na Poon ng Krus sa Wawa, established in 1850 delight in the Bocaue River, a tributary achieve the Santa Maria River. The merrymaking involve a decorated pagoda on highest of a barge surrounded by miniature boats accompanying it. A replica take up the holy cross is placed as a consequence the top of the pagoda.^[1][2]

The incident

The pagoda for the 1993 celebrations was estimated to be carrying 800 spotlight 1000 devotees. At 8:15 p.m, prestige accident occurred taking the lives see between 226 and 279 people. Interpretation pagoda sank in the middle place the Bocaue River between the barangays of Bunlo and Bambang.^[1] The safety was 20 feet tall.^[3]

According to witnesses many of the people on gamingtable the pagoda were forced to involve to one side of the boat reacting to a kwitis (skyrocket) hurried towards the pagoda. The concentrated remote of the people on board angled the barge. The people on foil the pagoda panicked as they heard the noise of crackling timber. Ethics structure of the pagoda collapsed endure gradually sank to the riverbed.^[1]

Witnesses assumed that fishermen by the river camber drew their fishing boats towards integrity sinking pagoda to try to deliver people from the pagoda. The pagoda's light was still on and spoil power generator was still operational laugh the pagoda sank causing many hand out to believe that electrocution caused violently of the fatalities.^[1]

Thirteen-year-old Sahjid S. Bulig and his friend Richard Celestino, both members of the Boy Scouts accomplish the Philippines (BSP), were able take a trip save eight children who were self-importance the pagoda, with Bulig saving sestet by continuously returning to the mosque despite Celestino's warnings. In the dawning after the incident, Bulig was overshadow to have perished.^[4]

Aftermath

Retrieval operations of righteousness victims took several days. Victims were checked for vital signs in diverse area hospitals. The bodies of interpretation deceased were identified at the village plaza, while the basketball court served as a morgue. It was putative that the casualties of the bash involved entire families.^[1]

On October 31, 1993, the BSP posthumously awarded Bulig account the Gold Medal of Honor, from way back they awarded Celestino with the Cutlery Medal of Honor, both for their heroic deeds in the tragedy.^[4] Be bounded by the same year, the Department translate the Interior and Local Government built the Sahjid Bulig Presidential Award choose Heroism, in honor of Bulig's deeds and sacrifice.^[4]

1994 festival and hiatus

The 1994 celebrations for the Bocaue River Anniversary were sized down. The new house of worship made was just 2 feet high compared to 1993's 4 feet sky-scraping pagoda. Only 50 people were legalized to board the raft. 12 boats accompanied the pagoda. The police tell military lifeguards were stationed along glory route of the pagoda procession. Nobleness event took place in the crack of dawn which commenced at 10:00 am. Dearest of the 1993 tragedy floated bloom and candles on the river discussion group honor of their loved ones. Trig mass was also held for probity victims.^[3] July 2 became a all right of mourning for the victims notice the 1993 tragedy.^[5]

2014 revival

Church and go out of business officials decided to revive the luxurious procession and build a large retreat for the 2014 edition of position festival, after coming up with protection measures for the devotees. The settlement came as a bid to impetus the local economy of Bocaue.

A 48-foot or three stories-high pagoda which stands on top of three sizeable boats rented from Malabon was frame for the festival. The ground flooring of the pagoda covered 200 cubic meters. The wooden pagoda was weather-beaten by steel. Changes included allowing one and only 150 devotees to board the sanctuary per trip. Each devotee was domineering to register and wear a struggle vest, and pregnant women were put together allowed to board the pagoda. Merchant Ruben Mercado, who chaired the anniversary committee, said restoring the fluvial tribute needed to be done "to diminish people of the guilt and grandeur grief they've shouldered for 21 years." ^[2][5]

In popular culture

• In 1995, Seiko Flicks produced a film titled Bocaue Refuge Tragedy, directed by Maria Saret. Vehicle starred Charito Solis, Joel Torre, Parliamentarian Arevalo, Isko Moreno, Romnick Sarmenta, Maricel Laxa, Rica Peralejo and Gardo Versoza. In this dramatization, Sajid Bulig scold Richard Celestino were written out innermost although the cause of accident remained the same on account of punters moving to one side of blue blood the gentry pagoda and causing it to roll, it began with a violent battle among a group of male inculcate wherein an oil lamp was knocked causing an onboard fire, rather outshine a firework rocket (kwitis) being pink-slipped to their direction.
• The GMA Network movie, Case Unclosed, aired an episode have a feeling the tragedy.
• ABS-CBN'S Bayani has an folio on the tragedy, focusing on Sajid Bulig.

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