Michael Beltrán va descriure l'escena des de l'aeroport de Tacloban, la capital de Leyte i la “zona zero” de la catàstrofe del tifó:
Michael Beltran described the scene outside Tacloban airport. Tacloban is capital of Leyte and the 'ground zero' of the typhoon disaster: The first image of our week in Leyte was an airport with people shivering and hungry on the one side, being ignored by the military and US Navy, and boxes and boxes of goods on the other.