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When Training Becomes Hazing in Dipaculao, Aurora County: The Fight for Accountability Right now, you are living through a parent’s most terrifying nightmare. Your son went to a team-building activity to chase his dreams of playing elite basketball, and he never came home. The silence in your house is a weight no one should have to carry. We know that the people you trusted to keep him safe—his coaches, his mentors, and the university itself—are already trying to frame this as a tragic accident or an “act of God.” Our trial team sees it differently. Based on the evidence gathered by investigators, the deaths of these two student-athletes in the waters off Dipaculao, Aurora County were the result of calculated, reckless decisions. When a coach forces young men into powerful Pacific swells during a peak high tide to determine who makes a roster, that isn’t coaching. Under the laws of the Republic of the Philippines, that is hazing. We represent families in wrongful death claim lawyer cases because we believe that institutions must be held to a higher standard. Your son’s life was not a commodity to be risked for a roster spot. We work to ensure that the individuals…