"Shark Attack!" (Documentary by Sandra Aguinaldo)

Episode on March 8, 2010 Monday night after Saksi This March, Sandra Aguinaldo delves deep into a shocking record that is perhaps unknown to many Filipinos. Only a few shark attacks are documented in the country, but testimonies from World War II suggest that the worst shark feeding frenzy in recorded history happened right here in the Philippine Sea. Somewhere in the vicinity of Leyte Gulf, hundreds of American soldiers were left wounded in the water after the Navy ship USS Indianapolis was torpedoed down. Sandra Aguinaldo interviews survivor Edgar Harrel who shares the horror of watching his comrades being eaten alive by what he insists are vicious sharks. Sandra Aguinaldo braves the waters of Leyte to investigate this jagged piece of history. In her search, she stumbles upon one shark attack victim after another, and discovers that Leyte in fact holds the record of having the highest concentration of shark attacks in the country. Is the Philippine Sea really the most notorious of all? Or is there another truth that lurks beneath history’s uncharted waters? Sink your teeth into this eye-opening documentary on Monday, March 8 after Saksi.

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Ngayong Marso, sisisirin ni Sandra Aguinaldo ang isang malagim na kaganapan sa kasaysayan na marahil ay lingid sa kaalaman ng marami. Iilang shark attack lang ang pormal na naitatala sa Pilipinas, pero kung ibabase sa mga testimonya noong World War II, lumalabas na dito mismo sa Pilpinas nangyari ang pinakamalagim na shark feeding frenzy sa kasaysayan, kung saan daan-daan katao ang diumano’y nilapa ng mga pating. Naganap raw ito matapos lumubog ang Navy ship na USS Indianapolis sa isang bahagi ng Philippine Sea, at naiwang sugatan ang mga Amerikanong sundalo sa tubig. Nakapanayam ni Sandra Aguinaldo si Edgar Harrel na nakaligtas sa insidente. Hinding hindi raw niya malilimutan ang karanasang makita ang mga kasamahang pinagpi-piyestahan ng mga pating sa gitna ng dagat. Dinayo ni Sandra Aguinaldo ang Leyte para hanapin ang katotohanan sa likod ng bahaging ito ng kasaysayan. Pag dating sa lugar, sunod-sunod na biktima ng shark attack ang kaniyang nakapanayam. May katotohanan nga ba ang naitalang pinakamalaking shark attack sa kasaysayan? Mapapanood ang I-Witness ngayong Lunes, ika-8 ng Marso pagkatapos ng Saksi.