Official Statement of Amiel Alcantara's Family

There was not a dry eye this morning at the funeral mass for Amiel Alcantara.

I have to rush off now but will be beack with the details of his beautiful and poignant send-off when I return home this evening. For now, I leave you with the Alcantara family's official statement as of 12 Noon today. The statement was handed to me by Amiel's uncle, Dr. Martin Moreno ---

"We note the expressions of concern and sympathy, artfully conveyed in the statement of Ms. Torres. Our loss in indeed irreplaceable, and our pain, beyond imagining.

But her statement fails to assuage; her words fail to comfort. For even as she seeks
sympathy also for herself, Ms. Torres studiously avoids acknowledging any culpability for this terrible tragedy.

The Alcantara family owes it to Amiel, as well as, to our wounded community to see to it that justice is done."