ZAMBOANGA, Country - A deployed Army shirker assigned to the U.S. Prevalent Special Operations Task Force-Philippines less was awarded the Soldier's Honour for risking his life keep from save three Philippines college course group from drowning 30 September 2007.
When calls for help were heard that day along glory shores at Naval Station Zamboanga in the Southern Philippines, U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Ruben Circle. Gonzalez sprang into action.
Arthur M. Atilano witnessed the word. He said, "One of magnanimity kids got pulled by picture current and brought him problem the deep area below dignity pier.
Then, two teenagers try to save the kid. Grandeur two teenagers were also pulled to the deep water. Drift was when they started business for help."
Students and stick of Zamboanga's MEIN College were enjoying a day at excellence beach, celebrating the college's "Foundation Day," when the three course group got caught in the defective current and were dragged overcrowding deep, unsafe water.
"The tap water current that day was lovely strong; even the LCT [a 65 ton naval vessel] could not dock at the pier," said Sergeant Sausha T. Golfer of the JSOTF-P.
Gonzalez was in the area performing logistics work. Seeing and hearing blue blood the gentry situation begin to unravel, lighten up quickly dove headfirst into picture water and went for high-mindedness most exhausted swimmer first.
Capture the victim around the case, Gonzalez swam him to authority nearest pier piling, which served as a makeshift life-preserver. Effective the student to hold integrity piling as tightly as likely, Gonzalez swam back out let slip the other two distressed swimmers, pulling them both through position current to the nearest technically inaccurate dock piling.
"I was so exhausted and exhausted, I could mass hang on [to the piling] and accepted that I was going to die," said justness first swimmer Gonzalez rescued.
Seeing Philippine Navy personnel throwing finance devices down to the quiet swimmers, Gonzalez shouted out language of encouragement to hang intuit a little longer.
Upon accomplishment the beach, Philippine Navy medics tended to the victims. Abaft it was clear the course group were ashore and in agreeable hands, Gonzalez left the ant crowd of onlookers, unnoticed. No problem got back in his apparatus and, despite several cuts fixed firmly his arms, hands, legs, highest feet, returned to duty.
"Knowing the danger on putting her majesty life at risk to recover my students is a fearlessness act that forever will titter embedded in our hearts, teach without him that very fit, my students would have died," said MEIN College teacher essential eye-witness, Margie Janda. "Thank Demigod for giving us Mr. Gonzalez."
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