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Tuesday, August 28, 2012
\nCEBU CITY — About 4,000 people endured the humid air and joined the convoy that brought Captain Jessup Bahinting to a private cemetery in Barangay Poblacion, Ginatilan town, nine days after his plane crashed.
\nThe company he founded, Aviatours, faces an investigation over the August 18 crash of one of its aircraft, a twin-engine Piper Seneca that carried Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo.
\nExpress your condolences to DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo’s family
\nBut on Monday, Bahinting\u2019s family, friends and student pilots focused on giving him a fitting goodbye, while a white light plane passed overhead.
\nIn his eulogy, former senator Juan Miguel Zubiri promised he will try his best to help Aviatour Flyin\u2019 Inc. secure permission to resume its operations.
\nHe said Bahinting had a \u201cbeautiful heart\u201d and was always ready to lend his plane during the 2007 elections.
\n\u201cHe would not charge me the usual rate,\u201d said Zubiri. \u201cGasolina lang (He just let me pay for aviation fuel).\u201d
\nAccording to its website, Aviatours charges from P16,000 to P145,000 per chartered flight, depending on the destination and the aircraft.
\n\u201cHe was one of the best pilots I\u2019ve known,\u201d Zubiri said.
\nA family member, Dr. Benjamin Sol, said during the funeral service in the late pilot\u2019s beach resort in Barangay San Roque, Ginatilan that Bahinting loved the Louis Armstrong song \u201cWhat a Wonderful World.\u201d
\nHe learned from Margarita, Bahinting\u2019s wife, that the pilot, 60, often whistled the tune while in the bathroom.
\nBut for some residents, it was Bahinting who was wonderful to them. The crowd that joined the funeral procession reached 4,000, the police estimated.
\nSome of the mourners wore white shirts with their names above a red heart and, below it, Bahinting\u2019s initials, JMB.
\nTrisikad, tricycle and motorcycle drivers stopped transporting passengers and joined the convoy. Ordinary folks lined the streets from San Roque to Poblacion, a stretch of 800 meters.
\nA white plane hovered above.
\n\u201cMaayo siyang tawo (He was a good man),\u201d said 74-year-old Crescensiana Casinto. \u201cDaghan siyang napaeskuyla (He sent many children to school).\u201d
\nCasinto observed the funeral procession as she sat on a bench by the side of the road. She said she would have wanted to walk with her neighbors, but she could not take long walks because half of her body is paralyzed.
\nTouched
\nGinatilan Mayor Antonio Cinco and Vice Mayor Michael Dean Cinco were present during the service.
\nBahinting\u2019s childhood friend, Paul Montenegro, also shared his memories with the pilot, while holding back tears.
\nThe last one to give a eulogy, Pastor Romeo Posta, broke down while recalling that Bahinting, his close friend, wanted him to handle the latter\u2019s funeral service.
\n\u201cHe made full use of his time,\u201d said Posta of his fellow pastor. \u201cWe grieve because we love him. We wouldn\u2019t be here if we were not touched by his life.\u201d
\nThe convoy arrived in the cemetery past 3 p.m. Bahinting\u2019s student pilots were the pallbearers.
\nAfter Bahinting\u2019s casket was placed inside the burial vault, white balloons marked \u201cWe miss you\u201d were released into the air.
\nThe pilot\u2019s wife, Margarita, relatives, friends and students broke into tears.
\n\u201cWe thank everybody for their support,\u201d said Jemar Rose, Bahinting\u2019s daughter. \u201cThose people who were touched (by Bahinting) will continue his legacy.\u201d
\nWhen asked if she will take the reins of her father\u2019s business, Jemar Rose said she will \u201cdo whatever it takes to continue his legacy.\u201d
\nIn his eulogy, Dr. Sol, the husband of Bahinting\u2019s niece, said the pilot loved God above all things and his love for his neighbors showed in his charitable works.
\n\u201cThat\u2019s the wonderful world Jessup wanted,\u201d he said. (KAL\/Sun.Star Cebu)
\nPublished in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on August 28, 2012.
\nhttp:\/\/www.sunstar.com.ph\/cebu\/local-news\/2012\/08\/28\/4000-send-pilot-who-dies-masbate-crash-239691<\/p>\n

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