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No one has ever told or shot the Marawi siege story better than this soldier.
As she was preparing to kick-butt in her upcoming action flick “BuyBust,” Anne Curtis picked up a friendship with First Lt. Bala Tamayo of the Special Forces and learned one thing about the battle that ensued for five months last year.
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On Instagram, Curtis recalled the first time she met Tamayo when he “offer[ed] oral rehydration salts during a very hot day in full battle gear.” Then she learned that he and other troops were being sent to the war-torn city to fight insurgents.
“We somewhat kept in touch – which was great because we knew exactly what the soldiers needed during such a harsh time and sent over care packages to somehow boost their morale,” Curtis said.
Adding in her care package was a GoPro camera, since she remembered that the soldier was a filmmaker and had done shots for the Special Forces.
“[I]’ll return it if I survive this war. If I fall, my buddy will return it. That I promise,” Curtis recalled Tamayo’s words.
In the end, he returned the camera “without even [a] scratch.”
The video, which was uploaded in the Army Special Force page on YouTube, encapsulated the months the government forces fought to liberate the embattled city. It was released in November, one month after Marawi had been freed from militant forces.
“A salute to all the troops that fought hard, fell and survived fighting for peace in Marawi,”Curtis said in dedication to the troops and gave her “snappy salute” to Tamayo. /ra
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