MANILA, Philippine - A journalist’s duty to inform the people always prevails over anything. Tasked to report on the events that matter to the public, they sometimes put their lives on the line and risk becoming part of news themselves.
 
Respected broadcast journalist Ces Drilon is one of the many Filipino journalists who survived a life-threatening experience at work.

She was kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf in 2008 with her cameramen Jimmy Encarnacion and Angelo Valderama. A few months after her harrowing ordeal, Drilon was back to work in ABS-CBN.
 
This Thursday (Mar 18), Drilon will look back at the unimaginable and near-death experiences of her fellow journalists on the first anniversary episode of “I Survived” on ABS-CBN.
 
Former news reporter and current “TV Patrol World” producer Paul Henson will share how he almost lost his life in 2003, when the helicopter he was riding with other mediamen crashed on a mountain village in Central Luzon while on their way to a mass grave of the New People’s Army (NPA).
 
Jeff Canoy, on the other hand, will recount how he and his crew nearly drowned while doing a story on the devastation wrought by Typhoon Pepeng.
 
Like Drilon, Henson and Canoy have gone back to work since those near death experiences, showing the courage and resilience of Filipinos, which have been highlighted for the past year in “I Survived."

With inspiring topics and brilliant storytelling, “I Survived” was awarded Best Documentary Program in the 23rd PMPC Star Awards for Television and was nominated as Best Current Affairs Program in the 14th Asian Television Awards.