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While incidents such as the slashing of the bag of a Taiwanese traveler in NAIA-3 make us feel sad and mad, the story below restores our faith in our airport employees. There are still a few good men left.
After borrowing lunch money from a colleague, airport security guard Danny Namion was on a routine check when he noticed an unattended backpack in a baggage cart in the arrival extension area of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1.
He coordinated with the Philippine National Police Aviation Security Bomb Detection Group. No explosives were found but they later learned it was owned by a certain Jessie Amor.
Namion took the backpack to the lost and found section, where they discovered USD$10,700 hidden inside a laptop sleeve. “I got nervous because I know that the person who sent the money has important reasons in sending that large amount,” Namion told ABS-CBNnews.com.
When they located the owner, Amor acknowledged Namion’s honesty and rewarded him with USD$300.
But Namion, despite having no money that day, shared most of the amount with his colleagues. He only kept USD$100 for himself.
“Namion, 36, receives a monthly salary of PHP12,000. He is helping raise 2 children. He is already separated from his wife,” ABS-CBNnews.com notes.
