<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/59a0147d-d7cd-42b6-ab42-012d169d3d9a/5B03201B-6380-46A9-B4C0-2600CFA546E8/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/he-saved-us-and-then-he-was-gone-1794710.html" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/he-saved-us-and-then-he-was-gone-1794710.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.independent.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/he-saved-us-and-then-he-was-gone-1794710.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.independent.co.uk/img/998AB0BB-43FD-4CA9-8845-2224465077AB" alt="Maria Luz Magallanes grieves beside the coffin of her son, Muelmar, whose heroic efforts saved the lives of 30 people from the flooding" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/he-saved-us-and-then-he-was-gone-1794710.html"><P class="tagline">18-year-old rescues 30 people in Manila floods, then disappears in torrent</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/he-saved-us-and-then-he-was-gone-1794710.html"><P class="font-null">When the river near his Manila home burst its banks, Muelmar Luz Magallanes tied a rope around his waist and ferried his three younger siblings to safety. Then he went back for his <A href="#" class="kLink" target="undefined" id="KonaLink0"><FONT color="blue"><SPAN class="kLink">parents</SPAN></FONT><SPAN id="preLoadWrap0"><DIV id="preLoadLayer0"><IMG src="http://kona.kontera.com/javascript/lib/imgs/grey_loader.gif" /></DIV></SPAN></A>, then for his neighbours, trapped on rooftops. Finally, Mr Magallanes rescued a six-month-old baby who was being swept away on a polystyrene box. But the young man paid for his heroic deeds with his life.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/he-saved-us-and-then-he-was-gone-1794710.html"><P class="font-null"> As the Philippines appealed for international aid yesterday, with the death toll from Tropical Storm Ketsana and devastating <A href="#" class="kLink" target="undefined" id="KonaLink1"><FONT color="blue"><SPAN class="kLink">floods</SPAN></FONT></A> rising to 140, Mr Magallanes' family mourned their courageous son. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/he-saved-us-and-then-he-was-gone-1794710.html"><P class="font-null"> The 18-year-old construction worker saved more than 30 lives, including that of the <A href="#" class="kLink" target="undefined" id="KonaLink5"><FONT color="blue"><SPAN class="kLink">baby</SPAN></FONT></A> and her mother, Menchie Penalosa. "He gave his life for my baby. I will never forget his sacrifice," said Mrs Penalosa. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/5B03201B-6380-46A9-B4C0-2600CFA546E8/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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