Living with the Aftermath
Aftermath: The Luneta Hostage Crisis Because I am a religious radio listener, I was naturally tuned in that day. At 10:00 in the morning, the news said that there was a hostage taking incident involving foreign tourists riding a tourist bus. A certain dismissed police officer commandeered the bus from Fort Santiago, a famous tourist spot . At first they said the tourists were Koreans, which I immediately posted in my facebook account. But immediately corrected as well, when media said those involved were Hongkong and Chinese nationals. It was clear from the video shots that the hostage taker was armed with high powered firearms. What went wrong during this crisis? My two cents worth and this I am not saying just now but as early as noon of that fateful day, I thought that the police were ill prepared to handle hostage crisis situations media was too eager to broadcast such a very sensitive situation.. hello..as always everyone wanted to out-scoop each other absence o