Remains of Filipino who died in Türkiye earthquake brought home

William Abulad, the father of OFW Wilma Abulad Teczan receive the remains of his daughter upon arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 in Pasay City on Wednesday night. Tezcan died in Turkey following the magnitude 7.8 that struck the country last week.

The STAR / Miguel de Guzman

MANILA, Philippines – Nicole believes that her mother, overseas Filipina worker Wilma Abulad Tezcan, died with her arms outstretched and embracing the frail, old father of her employer as buildings in the area collapsed from a powerful earthquake – unyielding in her compassion until the end. 

This was after Nicole and her step-father found her body in the aftermath of the powerful earthquake that hit Turkey, ending the four-day search that also cemented the grief of Tezcan's family and loved ones waiting back home.  

"When her body was found, they also unearthed another body. Her arms were around the parent of her employer. I thought then, she wanted to save him because he was already old," Nicole recalled in Filipino in an interview with reporters.

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