3 because our helpers stayed behind and we thought they died. Luckily, our helpers managed to swim to the tall building behind our house and walked to their hometown on the next island. When we got to see our house, it was a total mess. Some of our neighbors who did not evacuate and stayed in their houses perished. At least twenty (20) died in our small community. Q7: What else did you witness during that time? A7: There was no signal, no radio. Everything was dark. There were rumors that prisoners were able to escape, went to houses to get food and other stuff, and attacked families. The same goes with the rebels, who were up in the mountains before Haiyan, and began looting and attacking people. We saw people with massive push carts containing groceries they stole in shopping stores and groceries. People started looting. We did not do it because we had some food and we managed to stock up on canned goods and some food. We were adding water to our rice to extend our food for some more meals. But days passed and we no longer have clean water in the hotel. We decided to leave because we could not stay there anymore in that situation. We walked for hours to get to our house and salvage whatever we could. When we reached our place, my mom was totally a different person— not a strong woman who I used to know. I saw her breakdown after seeing the house she built for years to have crumbled. Everything was covered by mud. After that, she refused to go back and did not want to see our house, even the community. Q8: Where did you stay? A8: We moved to the house of a relative which was not badly hit. We all walked to get there. It would normally be half an hour by car, but we walked for two (2) hours. It was not easy because along the way, you see everything— dead people all over the place, dead animals, and debris. My little brother and cousins were able to see them and we just told them to look away. Q9: How was your stay in your relative’s house? A9: When we were in my relative’s house, it also felt unsafe. Big warehouses nearby were forcibly opened and people were looting all the goods they could get from there and from everywhere. There were news of people getting raped and killed since it was dark and there was no electricity at that time. You could hear gun shots and broken glasses. There were also rumors that a person who was carrying a sack of rice was stabbed by another person to get that sack of rice from him. This happened two (2) to three (3) days after the typhoon. Everyone was so desperate and on survival mode.