MANILA—A Polish national who arrived in the country from Poland four months ago and visited his Filipino girlfriend in Butuan City found himself sleeping in one of the airport’s comfort rooms upon returning to Manila after a taxi driver ran away with his luggage on Monday.
Forty-one-year-old Tomasz Chalot Stanislaw took a taxi with his luggage bound for Naia terminal 1 to confirm his flight back to Poland.
As he stepped out of the taxi, however, the driver sped away with his luggage containing his clothes and other belongings including cash leaving him penniless while waiting for his scheduled flight Friday.
“I roamed around Naia Terminals 1 and 2 to find someone who can help me for my food and at night, I slept at the comfort room at the terminal 1 curbside,” Stanislaw said.
In an interview at the Naia medical clinic where concerned airport attendants brought the still chilling polish national, he said that he went to Butuan to offer marriage proposal to her long time girlfriend. “I promised her that I will be back in a couple of months to prepare everything in Poland as I planned to bring her there” he added.
He said he was still fortunate that his passport was in his pants pocket.
Penniless, Stanislaw was seen drinking water in a faucet inside the comfort room as building attendants narrated how they found him.
The building attendants provided some biscuits and mineral water for Stanislaw. They also brought him to the clinic.