Nawalan ng mga credit card at halos US$3,000 cash ang Concert King na si Martin Nievera matapos niyang maiwan ang kanyang bag sa loob ng eroplano.
Nagmamadali raw kasi siyang makababa upang mapanood ang laban ng Filipina tennis sensation na si Alex Eala sa Wimbledon Grand Slam noong Sabado, Hulyo 4, 2026.
Ibinahagi ng Concert King ang insidente sa isang video na ipinost niya sa social media nitong Miyerkules, Hulyo 8.
MARTIN NIEVERA HONORS ALEx EALA
Bago ikuwento ang nangyari, naglaan muna si Martin ng mensahe ng pagbati at paghanga kay Alex, na aniya'y ipinagmamalaki ng buong bansa.
“On behalf of a grateful nation, I am, of course, one of your fans, but we thank you for your hardwork and dedication and great sportsmanship.
"Your super amazing shots and your humility when you talk of and speak of our country.
"Alex, you are a champion’s champion and I’m so proud to be your fan,” papuri ni Martin.
Ipinaliwanag ni Martin na habang nasa biyahe siya mula Las Vegas patungong Florida, upang dalawin ang kanyang kapatid at bagong silang na pamangkin, sinusubaybayan niya ang laban ni Alex sa onboard television ng eroplano.
Naging problema lamang nang mawalan ng signal ang mga monitor habang pababa na ang eroplano.
THE BAG INCIDENT
Sa sobrang excitement na mapanood ang pagtatapos ng laban, dali-daling bumaba ng aircraft si Martin, at naiwan ang kanyang bag.
Lahad ni Martin: “The story is upon descending in our flight as Alex Eala was ascending in her amazing play on court, I saw it was 5-3, the set were 5 to 3, and it was getting really exciting, right?
“As we were descending and she was ascending, all the television sets on the plane went off. All died.
"So, I’m freaking out right so I rushed out of the plane as quick as I can so I can catch the final part of her victory in the airport, and I forget my bag.
“My bag with money, credit cards, my passport, everything’s left in the plane.
"I’m so glad that you won, Alex, but just want you to know what I had to go through to get this bag back and this Labubu," sabay pakita ng bag na nawala ngunit nahanap din niya.
Dagdag ni Martin, “That’s not even the story. The story is we’re so excited, we’re so eager to see our champion win that I lost my my bag.
"Thanks, Alex, congratulations, you are a true hero.”
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MARTIN ON HOW HE WAS ABLE TO RETRIEVE HIS BAG
Binalikan ni Martin ang airport ilang minuto matapos niyang mapansing wala na ang kanyang bag. Agad siyang nagtungo sa baggage counter upang i-report ang pagkawala nito.
Ayon sa singer, hindi siya pinayagang bumalik sa eroplano at sinabihan lamang siyang magsumite ng report at maghintay kung sakaling matagpuan ang kanyang gamit.
Kuwento niya: “The flight was a JetBlue flight to Ft. Lauderdale out of Las Vegas and when I realized I left my bag only a few minutes after going through the security glass doors.
"I went straight to the baggage counter to report my loss.
“I had left my bag under the seat in front of me, but they would not let me go back and said, ‘You will have to file a report and hopefully by tomorrow. We will call you if we find it.’”
Sa kabutihang-palad, may tracking device ang wallet ni Martin kaya nakita nilang hindi gumalaw ang bag buong magdamag.
Kinabukasan, lumitaw sa tracker na nailipat na ito sa isang security area ng airport kaya bumalik sila roon kahit wala silang natanggap na tawag mula sa airport personnel.
Saad ni Martin: “What they don’t know is we put a tile in my wallet that does exactly what an AirTag does, and later that day we saw my bag had not moved all night.
“But in the next morning, we saw it on line move to a security area in the airport so we drove back to get it. No one called me to let me know they had it.
“We just took it upon ourselves to go back. So we went back to the airport not even 24 hours later and to that same counter.”
Pagbalik nila sa counter, sinabi ni Martin na nakilala siya ng mga empleyado dahil sa kanyang pagpa-panic noong nakaraang araw. Pina-describe umano sa kanya ang bag, ngunit sinabi ng mga staff na wala silang natatandaang may nagsauli nito.
Gayunman, nang i-activate nila ang tracker sa pamamagitan ng kanilang cellphone, doon nila narinig ang tunog na nanggagaling mismo sa likod ng counter.
“They remembered my panicked face and made me describe my bag. I told them it’s a black bag with a black Labubu toy on it.
“All three people behind the counter said they had not seen anyone return a bag like that. One of them went to the back to check saying, ‘I have not seen that bag, but let me check.’
“As he was looking for it in the back, we pressed an alarm from our phone that activated the file in my wallet.
"And now they all can hear that my bag was right there all along. Or did they already know all this time?”
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MISSING ITEMS FROM MARTIN'S BAG
Nang maibalik sa kanya ang bag, napansin daw ni Martin wala na ang lahat ng kanyang credit cards at ang halos US$3,000 cash na laman ng wallet.
Bagamat hindi niya direktang inakusahan ang sinuman, ikinuwento niyang ipinaliwanag ng airport personnel na polisiya umano nilang sirain ang mga credit card at kunin ang cash, na ibabalik lamang sa pamamagitan ng tseke.
Pagbabahagi ni Martin: “I really can’t accuse and I won’t, but when I got the bag all my credit cards were taken and an all the cash in my wallet too. Under $3,000 cash.
“When I asked why these things were missing, they told me it’s policy to shred all credit cards and take all cash which will be returned to me in a check later on.
“Why didn’t they tell me this before I checked my bag? They should have told me all of this before I realized my cards and cash were gone because now I am thinking the worst.
“Long story short, to this day and it’s been a couple, no one has contacted me regarding this check with the amount of cash I had in my wallet that they are supposed to return to me. Nothing.
“And when I went on line to see the rules, they shred credit cards and take the cash if you don’t pick up the lost item after 30 days. I was there not even 24 [hours].”
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