Cpl. Fulgencio Gacutan, a member of the Special Forces
Regiment, was visibly starstruck when reigning Miss Universe Pia Alonzo
Wurtzbach visited him and other patients of Heroes Ward 3A of the AFP Medical
Center
The former, who is now recuperating from an AK-47 gunshot
wound at the left arm, said he was touched when the beauty queen thanked him
for his efforts in defending the country and wished for his speedy recovery.
Gacutan was wounded during an encounter engagement with
rebel forces in Agusan Del Sur on November 16, 2015.
"She thanked me for my efforts in defending the country
and wished for my speedy recovery," he said in Filipino.
The Cagayan native, who has now served for six years at the
Special Forces Regiment, admitted to being in awe when Wurtzbach took time to
visit him and 40 other injured soldiers at the AFP Medical
Center
After taking pictures with military battle casualties, Pia
also posed for pictures with other patients and medical staff.
Wurtzbach also gave a "Binibining Pilipinas" brown
paper bag filled with souvenir items to Gacutan and his fellow comrades.
AFP deputy chief-of-staff Lt. Gen. Edgar Fallorina called
the visit of the reigning Miss Universe "uplifting to the spirit of the
battle casualties" and "a morale boost" to the patients.
In the same vein, he said Wurtzbach's visit to the AFP Medical
Center
"I have to check, but I think, Pia is the first major
beauty contest title holder to visit the AFP Medical
Center
Wurtzbach is the third Miss Universe from the Philippines
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