Man with disability survived typhoon in Philippines

Rogen Pesidas lives on Bayas, a small island in the Philippines municipality of Estancia, in Iloilo Province. Blind in one eye, he builds a new fishing boat to replace the one that was destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan, known locally as Yolanda, in November 2013.

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Paul Jeffrey

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