There were frantic calls for help made by some the slain SAF personnel asking their relatives to relay their SOS messages to their comrades and higher ups in the police force to send in reinforcements. - Christina Mendez, Philippine STAR
One of the heroic men of the Special Action Force prayed the rosary with his mother through his mobile phone as the fallen troops waited for reinforcements from the government that never came on the fatal day last Jan. 25 in Maguindanao. - Christina Mendez, Philippine STAR