By Nestor Burgos Jr. - Philippine Daily Inquirer - Visayas Bureau
For the past five years Rosendo Mejica II would often have fun with friends during most weekends jet skiing on the waters of Iloilo.
But last Saturday, Mejica and his buddies found themselves on their jet skis surfing not the sea but the flooded streets of Iloilo City and trying to pick up as many victims of the storm who were stranded on rooftops and trees.
"This is the first time that we tried this out because we wanted to help," Mejica told the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Ten of them, all members of the Iloilo Watercraft Association, met around 11 a.m. on Saturday after they heard calls for owners of rubber boats and jet skis to help rescue residents trapped on rooftops who were trying to escape from rising waters.
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