The lone hero who stood out during the 15 minutes of chaos brought by Cebu Pacific Airbus was already identified as Navy Reservist Lt. Marlon Bo, a graduate of the Philippine Merchant Marine Academy in 2003.
Lt. Marlon Bo was first identified as “Captain Bok” by his fellow Cebu Pacific p(–foul word(s) removed–)engers. The identification of Captain Bok was made through Philippine Navy commander of the Civil Military Operations Group Co. Edgardo Arevalo.
According to the p(–foul word(s) removed–)enger’s account, despite the panic, Captain Bok stood up, took control and calmed everyone down. P(–foul word(s) removed–)engers of the plane, followed Captain Bok during those minutes of panic and thanked Captain Bok for his help, even the officials of Cebu Pacific gave thanks to Captain Bok.
One of the p(–foul word(s) removed–)enger, identified as Nino Ruel Alinsub, he was quoted as saying that, “It took the courage of one person, whom we only know as Captain Bok from the Philippine Navy, to calm everyone down. He knew what he was doing and he was in control when even the cabin crew looked like they were really [at a loss] on what to do. Capt. Bok gave clear instructions for everyone to sit down, so that we can leave row by row [and] prevent the plane from tilting over. He was the clear definition of a ‘guiding voice.'”
Meanwhile the Philippine Navy is now formally documenting Captain Bok’s heroic deed.