The 11th World Scouts Jamboree was held at Marathon, Greece in August 1963. The Philippine contingent, boy scouts from ages 14 to 19, represented the best of the generation and the idealism of the Philippine youth.
On 28 July 1963, the Eqypt Air plane that was carrying the Filipinos crashed on approach to Bombay Airport into the Indian Ocean. Their bodies were never recovered. Three Filipino scouts were sent as a token delegation, days after the tragedy. In remembrance of the scouts and scouters, a cenotaph (an empty tomb) was erected inside the Manila North Cemetery in the Philippines the year after the accident. Also, street in Quezon City's Baranggay Obrero, Laging Handa and Paligsahan, bear the names of the fallen.
Gabriel "Gabby" Nicolas Borromeo was born on 24 March 1949. He was an Air Scout from the Manila Council. He was 14 years old in 1963.
On 28 July 1963, the Eqypt Air plane that was carrying the Filipinos crashed on approach to Bombay Airport into the Indian Ocean. Their bodies were never recovered. Three Filipino scouts were sent as a token delegation, days after the tragedy. In remembrance of the scouts and scouters, a cenotaph (an empty tomb) was erected inside the Manila North Cemetery in the Philippines the year after the accident. Also, street in Quezon City's Baranggay Obrero, Laging Handa and Paligsahan, bear the names of the fallen.
Gabriel "Gabby" Nicolas Borromeo was born on 24 March 1949. He was an Air Scout from the Manila Council. He was 14 years old in 1963.
The 11th World Scouts Jamboree was held at Marathon, Greece in August 1963. The Philippine contingent, boy scouts from ages 14 to 19, represented the best of the generation and the idealism of the Philippine youth.
On 28 July 1963, the Eqypt Air plane that was carrying the Filipinos crashed on approach to Bombay Airport into the Indian Ocean. Their bodies were never recovered. Three Filipino scouts were sent as a token delegation, days after the tragedy. In remembrance of the scouts and scouters, a cenotaph (an empty tomb) was erected inside the Manila North Cemetery in the Philippines the year after the accident. Also, street in Quezon City's Baranggay Obrero, Laging Handa and Paligsahan, bear the names of the fallen.
Gabriel "Gabby" Nicolas Borromeo was born on 24 March 1949. He was an Air Scout from the Manila Council. He was 14 years old in 1963.
On 28 July 1963, the Eqypt Air plane that was carrying the Filipinos crashed on approach to Bombay Airport into the Indian Ocean. Their bodies were never recovered. Three Filipino scouts were sent as a token delegation, days after the tragedy. In remembrance of the scouts and scouters, a cenotaph (an empty tomb) was erected inside the Manila North Cemetery in the Philippines the year after the accident. Also, street in Quezon City's Baranggay Obrero, Laging Handa and Paligsahan, bear the names of the fallen.
Gabriel "Gabby" Nicolas Borromeo was born on 24 March 1949. He was an Air Scout from the Manila Council. He was 14 years old in 1963.
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