Reaction Paper About Marawi

Marawi, often referred to as Marawi City, is the capital and the biggest city of the province of Lanao Del Sur on the island of Mindanao in the country of Philippines. Maranaos are what they label to the people of Marawi and that they speak the Maranao language. They are named after Lake Lanao, which is called Meranau in the language, upon whose coast Marawi lies. The city is called the Summer Capital of the South because of its higher distance from the ground and cooler climate. Marawi was founded as Dansalan in 1639 by the Spaniards led by Francisco Atienza who came from Iligan and were attempting to triumph over the entire Lake Lanao area. On the other hand, it was deserted later the same year when thousands of Maranao warriors invested
But the one with the most interesting story all through the marawi siege is the story of a Private soldier named Dhan Ryan Bayot who showed great courage regardless of the overwhelming presence of the enemies. He gave his coordinates and requested his commander to bomb his location so that the enemies will get hit too. “Just bomb my location, Sir !”. These were the very last words of 24 year old Private First Class Dhan Ryan Bayot when he called his commanding officer before he surrender to death in the hands of the maute-isis group. Bayot’s team consists of 9 soldiers from the 51st Infantry Batallion and was stationed in a detachment in Barangay lilod, Marawi City on the second day of the Marawi siege, May 24. They were send off to the said station for it was upon the request of a town mayor for additional safety measures for as his residence was just above the detachment. Moments later, they were attacked. A survivor said that aside from the shots from both sides of the road, firing of guns also came from the mayor’s residence. it appears that, the mayor’s residence was already overtaken by the terrorists or his bodyguards might have sympathized with the attackers. The soldiers cannot tell, for they were too taken aback that the volley of fire came from every part of the directions. Five of Private soldier Dhan Ryan Bayot’s companions were dead. Three soldiers managed to get away and abandoned the post. It was only later that they found out that the three soldiers were shot, one was killed and the other two was wounded. Now Private Soldier Dhan Ryan Bayot was all alone with not a single scratch, he then radioed his commanding officer for some back up but no one came. A few hours later on, he called again. The commander officer told him that reinforcement attempted twice, but they couldn’t get through as for