Typhoon Yolanda (International Code Name: Haiyan) tore thru the Philippines on November 8, 2013 and devastated Eastern Visayas particularly Tacloban City with massive lost of lives and properties. International aid and support poured-in after CNN highlighted the destruction in a week-long broadcast that saw an unprecedented scale in humanitarian effort. I finally visited Tacloban City on November 20 and 21, 2-weeks after the super typhoon made landfall. With only a backpack with enough food and water to last 4 meals, I took a commercial flight from Manila to Tacloban, and as our plane is about to land, the scene from the air almost move me to tears. Never in my life had I seen such widespread devastation and the scenarios on the ground was equally heart breaking. Upon landing at the airport, I proceeded to shot (photograph) the many evacuees waiting for a ride on military C-130s on the tarmac; as I was busy shooting, I saw these group of journalists dashing across to a waiting V-22 Osprey. Curious, I approached the US Marine officer and quip: “Where is that bird going (pointing to the Osprey)?” “It’s going to Guiuan.” the officer answered back. “When is it coming back?” I […]