SCOUT ANTONIO TORILLO

The photo was taken in 1963 before the 11th World Jamboree in Greece.                                         Photo - Unang Pahina/google

Our Boy Scouts never made it to Greece. Their plane went down over the Indian Ocean. The 22 Boy Scouts are commemorated in 23 streets in Quezon City. Albano, Bayoran, Borromeo, Castor, Chuatoco, de Guia, Delgado, Fernandez, Fuentebella, Gandia, Limbaga, Lozano, Madriñan, Magbanua, Ojeda, Rallos, Reyes, Santiago, Tobias, Torillo, Tuazon and Ybardolaza. The 23rd street to commemorate the Boy Scouts is named 11th Jamboree near GMA 7. Credit- Unang Pahina.

 

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Eagle Scout Antonio Torillo was born to Rios-Torillo clan of Rosario, Cavite. He is the brother of Valentino Rios Torillo aka Lady Valerie. A street in Quezon City was named in honor of him. Click here http://www.mabuhayradio.com/obituary-memorial-park/remembering-the-boy-scout-filipino-tragedy-of-july-28-1963

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    "His parents, Col. And Mrs. Alfonso Torillo, were unaware of their son’s tragedy until they heard about it flashed over the Chronicle Broadcasting Network Sunday afternoon in Rosario, Cavite." -  Manila Chronicle – July 30, 1963
By Sylvia Mayuga of the Chronicle Staff                 http://wanderfoolme.wordpress.com/2011/05/25/remembering-the-scouts/

  a statue in memory of the 23 Filipino boy scouts who perished in the crash                                     photo from i heart manila

 In remembrance of its 48th anniversary,  the honor and tragedy of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines among them  a Rosarian, Scout Antonio Torillo, our delegation to the 11th World Scout Jamboree held in Marathon, Greece, our contingents that never made it to the event. To know more of the story click                                  http://adenu1980.blogspot.com/2011_06_01_archive.html