At home they are heroes (World 2018, by Klaus Petrus) - Swiss Press Award

At home they are heroes

Klaus Petrus

600,000 Filipinos work on the high seas, mostly on freighters and oil tankers. They are away from home for months and often work 70 hours a week. They send their wages home, where they are heroes, but out here they are alone. I accompanied Angelito, the boatswain, on a container ship between Rotterdam and Dublin.