LOOK: Colleagues walk extra mile to bring fallen SAF man home

Fellow police officers walked the extra mile in bringing home one of the 44 Special Action Force policemen killed in last week's clash in Mamasapano, Maguindanao.
 

Photos tweeted by GMA News stringer Peewee Bacuño showed police personnel bringing home the remains of PO3 Robert Allaga to his house in Banaue, Ifugao.

 

The photos showed them using a pole to transport the coffin bearing Allaga's remains, and carrying it over terrain impassable to vehicles.
 

Dumating na ang labi ni PO3 Robert Allaga sa tahanan niya sa Banaue, Ifugao | #TruthForTheFallen44 via @PeeweeHero pic.twitter.com/TrpIpjdMWJ

— GMA News (@gmanews) January 31, 2015

During the journey, they managed to keep Allaga's flag-draped coffin secured to the bamboo pole.

 

On Friday, a grateful nation feted the 44 slain SAF men for their sacrifice during a National Day of Mourning declared by President Benigno Aquino III.

 

Meanwhile, radio dzBB's Glen Juego reported the remains of two more SAF men are to be brought to Zamboanga del Sur early Sunday.

Bukas ng madaling araw inaasahang dadalhin sa Zambo Sur ang labi ng 2 pa sa #Fallen44 na nasa Camp Bagong Diwa, ayon sa NCRPO. @dzbb

— Glen Juego (@glenjuego) January 31, 2015

— Joel Locsin/VC, GMA News