The father of three snapped what he feared could be the final pictures of his life. 9News
In the capital, hospital patients were evacuated and terrified people rushed outdoors as buildings shook on Wednesday.
In Benguet province, a worker was pinned to death after a small building that was under construction collapsed in the strawberry-growing mountain town of La Trinidad.Boulders fall as a vehicle negotiates a road during an earthquake in Bauko, Mountain Province. Amid screams of his companions in their van to "back up, back up" the 44-year-old father of three raised his camera in the front seat and snapped what he feared could be the final pictures of his life.
"I was thinking there should be at least a record if something happened to us," Palangchao told the AP.A damaged truck lies beside boulders after it fell along a road during an earthquake in Bauko, Mountain Province. Hundreds of houses and buildings had cracked walls, including some that collapsed in Abra, where President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, who took office less than a month ago, planned to travel on Thursday to meet victims and local officials.
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