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JOY
TO SURVIVORS. Clad in Iron Man’s suit, call center supervisor Zamora of Cebu
City posed for a souvenir picture with children at the MacArthur Park
in Barangay Baras, Palo, Leyte. (Dino Balabo)
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PALO,
Leyte—Silently. he slipped into this calamity ravaged town in Visayas, but his
maroon and gold suit is easily recognizable.
As
he get off his family van, children shouted “Iron Man” and he started
distributing candies and chocolates.
Yes,
the maroon and gold suit is Iron Man’s, but the man inside is no man of iron,
but of a soft heart. He is Paul Vincent Zamora, a 31-year-old call center
supervisor from Cebu City who along with his wife visited his in-laws in
Tacloban City on Saturday.
It
was Zamora’s second visit to Tacloban City since Supertyphoon Yolanda ravaged
the city. However, it was his fi rst time to wear his three month- old “Iron
Man” suit.
“I
just want to bring joy to people especially to children since Christmas is
approaching,” said Zamora in an Interview at the General Douglas MacArthur Park
in Barangay Baras here on Saturday.
Zamora
was chanced upon by members of the Philippine Network of Environmental
Journalists (PNEJ) visiting Leyte and Samar provinces over the weekend.
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| Iron Man with PNEJ members |
He
said he had just visited two villages in Tacloban City and handed chocolates to
children while clad in “Iron Man” suit.
After
visiting Tacloban, he went to MacArthur Park here for his wife to shoot photos
of him at the park.
The
suit was made from rubber materials and was painted with maroon and gold
colors.
According
to Zamora, a friend from Cebu City made the suit for him, and he has been
wearing it in their house in Cebu.
He
said that his friend is a good artist who used to produce costumes for local
movies. Dino Balabo