LEGAZPI CITY, March 6 -- Camalig town Mayor Carlos Irwin Baldo Jr., incident commander of the Cessna 340 operations, on Monday recognized five local residents who volunteered to locate the ill-fated plane that crashed on Mt. Mayon on Feb. 18 and retrieve the bodies of the four passengers.

During the flag-raising ceremony at Nuyda Park, Baldo presented the five residents of Barangay Anoling who were the first to physically reach the crash site on Feb. 22 and confirm the deaths of the four passengers.

As a further expression of gratitude, Baldo vowed to provide employment to the five volunteers under the local government unit.

"As official responders attempted to reach the crash site on the 5th day of Cessna operations, Jose Obal, Orly N...