Klaudia Koronel was a victim of this recent tragic incident in Los Angeles
Former actress Klaudia Koronel shared how she saved her patient with dementia during the wildfires in Los Angeles, California.
Klaudia was known as one of the sultry actresses who rose to fame back in the early 2000s. She did several movies and had some television appearances. Eventually, she went inactive in showbiz.
The former actress was previously married to Chinese-American businessman Andy Zhang but their relationship ended. She has been out of the country for many years but in September 2018, she returned to the Philippines to sell her property, and saying goodbye to her home country and her loved ones made her emotional.
Currently, Klaudia Koronel works as a caregiver in the US. Based on the article in The Philippine Star, the former actress shared a post narrating her experience when she and her patient in Palisades evacuated due to the recent massive wildfires.
She said that at first, she felt at ease thinking that the fire was away from where they were. “Ito ang bahay namin ng pasyente ko. Nasa likod na ang apoy, napakabilis kasi napakalakas ng hangin, may bagyo kasi ngayon. Nasa likod na! Kaya nag-evacuate na kami. Di ko alam kung may uuwian pa kami bukas,” she wrote in her post.
She also said that she was still traumatized because she received an emergency alert and she panicked.
In an interview with TV5 journalist Julius Babao, Klaudia received an emergency alert before the start of her shift that day. She said that the fire was already fast moving and the emergency alert stated that they should evacuate immediately.
She received the message at 6:30 PM and her shift would start at 7 PM. When she got out of her car in front of her patient’s house, she saw the fire was in the backyard already.
“Then tumakbo ako agad doon sa loob, nanonood lang ang pasyente ko, hinila ko siya kaagad. ‘Let’s go. We have to run.’ Wala na akong iniisip kung ano pang gamit. Pero takot na takot ako, first time ko ‘to maranasan,” she shared.
Klaudia Koronel shared that her patient has dementia and was unaware of what was happening around them at that time. “Ang mga anak niya malayo sa kanya so nag-iisa lang siya lagi sa bahay, buti na lang nandiyan kami,” the former actress added.