The ferry from Cebu City to Leyte Island was full of people heading home, hoping their loved ones had been spared.<br /><br />Ramon Gerardo, 46, like others on board, was not only delivering supplies to typhoon-ravaged Tacloban. He was checking that his wife and children are still alive.<br /><br />“For two days, I sleep maybe two hours only, thinking about what happened, what is happening to my family, my relatives and all in Tacloban city and Leyte also,” he said.<br /><br />At the end of his three day journey from Saudi Arabia where he is a construction worker, Ramon found his city reduced to rubble.<br /><br />But what of his family? The first signs at home were not promising.<br /><br />“No more roof,” he said, as he moved closer.<br /><br />But then, one by one, Ramon’s three sons and two daughters emerged, followed by his wife. The reunion was emotional for all of them.<br /><br />In a country in mourning, this was one family’s miracle.
