THE BABY IN THE

BACKPACK
WRITER:

* PATRICIA CHANCO
EVANGELISTA
 A writer, journalist, and a
producer who documented the
survivor and the and tragedy of
the super Typoon Haiyan
headed to the Tacloban,
Philippines
BACKGROUND OF
THE AUTHOR
 PATRICIA CHANCO
EVANGELISTA
BORN:
*1985 (AGE 37 YEARS OLD)

NATIONALITY:
*PHILIPPINES

NOMINATION:
*PMPC STAR AWARD FOR TV BEST DOCUMENTARY
PROGRAM HOST.
• She finished high school at St. Theresa College, Quezon City
• She graduated Cum Laude with a degree of BA Speech Communication
University of the Philippines Diliman in 2006
• She is an Alumna of the UP Debate Society
She is a manila based journalist
* Online multimedia reporter
• Multimedia journalist covering conflict, disaster and human rights
• A writer-at large for Esquire Magazine.
• Documentary filmmaker.
First published as a youth columnist by the Philippines star
* A fellow of the South East Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA0
* Co- founder of storyline production with filmmaker Paolo Villaluna
BACKGROUND OF THE
STORY
The blog is about the documentary for the
survivor and the tragedy of the Super
Typoon Haiyan headed to the Tacloban,
Philippines
 The purpose of her story is to inform
each person in this world on how the victim
of Typhoon Haiyan handled their life
situation after the disastrous Typhoon
 INTRODUCTION
“THE BABY IN THE BACKPACK” by Patricia Evangelista was
about her personal experience after typhoon Haiyan struck the
Philippines, particularly Tacloban. It was one of the place in the country
where the fatality was one of the highest. In her composition, she talked
about the aftermath of the calamity and how the local were dealing with
it.
SUMMARIZATION
THERE WAS A SUPER TYPOON CAME IN THE PHILIPPINE NAMED HAIYAN
ALSO KOWN AS TYPHOON YOLANDA. AFTER 15 DAYS OF THE STORM,
PATRICIA EVANGELISTA SAW THE THREE CORPSES ALONG THE
CURBSIDE IN THE BODY BAGS. THEN, SHE FOUND THERE IS A BABY IN
THE BACKPACK. PATRICIA DOES NOT WANT THE BAG, SO SHE RAN
TRACING THE LUMPS OF THE HEAD AND HANDS AND FOLDED KNEES.
YES IT WAS COLD THAT DAY. THE AIR SMELLED DEAD. PATRCIA JUST
REMINDED CROUCHING BESIDE THE VAG AND HUNTING FOR THE
ZIPPER, REMEMBER THINGKING SHE HAD TO VERIFY THE STORY,
FEELING ANXIOUS AT THAT TIME.
 SHE ADMIT THAT IS DIFFICULT TO WRITE. TRYING TO WRITE SOMETHING
ELSE FOR A WEEK, AN ANALYSIS OF POST DISASTERVULNERABILITIES
AND GOVERNMENT MISHANDLING. PATRICIA DID INTERVIEW, READ THE
DOCUMENTS, WATCH THE CONGRESSIONAL HEARING AND THE RESULTING
GLAD-HANDLING AND POLITICKING TGE CAME WITH IT: THE SECRETARY
OF THE INTERIOR SMILING, THE MAYOR OF THE BROKEN CITY SMILING
BACK, THE MEN AND WOMEN IN THE BACKGROUND SMILING ALONG, ALL
OF THEM GRINNING IF THEY WERE NOT WITNESS TO WEEKS OF CALLING
EACH OTHER LIARS.
 SHE WANT TO CLEAR SHE IS NOT CERTAIN TO EVEN SPEAK FOR
MYSELF, AS THE SAFE MENTAL CORNER THAT I USED TO HAVE IS NO
LONGER PARTICULAR SAFE. THEY ARE AROUND FOURTEEN MILLION
PEOPLE ARE AFFECTED, ATLEAST 6,000 DIED IN THAT TYPOON. I
THOUGHT IT WAS TREMENDOUS EXPERIENCE SAYS OF THE AUTHOR
OF THE STORY, HAIYAN WAS LIKE WALKING INTO SALVATION DALI
PAINTING AND DISCOVERING THE PAINT WAS STILL DAMP. PATRICIA
ASKED FOR A WEEK LONGER, AFTER A WEEK SHE STAYED ONE MORE
AND THEN WAS ALLOWED ONE MOR. SHE THING TO STAYED AS LONG
AS I COULD, BUT THAT’S THE ONLY ONE WAY OF TELLING THE STORY
 THERE WAS A SURVIVOR NAME IS WILLIAM
CABUQUING, AND HE WAS ONE OF THE SURVIVOR
WHO PACKED THE BODIES OF HIS NEIGHBORS INTO
BAGS 14 DAYS AFTER HE STRAGGERED HOME
BLEEDING AFTER BEING SWEPT ACROSS THE BAY. HE
DID NOT KNOW WHO THE WOMAN ON TREE WAS. IT
WAS INDICATED THAT WE MUST BE MOVE FORWARD
AND GO STRONG IN BAD THINGS AND EXPERIENCE
HAPPENED IN OUR LIVES. THERE IS A HOPE DESPITE
OF LOSS AND GRIEF