The story follows several characters as the protagonist vividly recounts the different episodes of the Haiyan tragedy in a span of twelve days. In the face of such resignation, the characters were able to survive miraculously in the face of such overwhelming odds. It narrates the interplay of human relationships from different perspectives, from the people who clung to desperation with the constant lack of food, water and medical services. Haiyan was the strongest typhoon ever to hit landfall in recorded history. Those dark days were described by the survivors as worse than hell. With many areas not reached by aid, many have turned to scavenging, looting or worse banditry. The story follows each unique individual story, colorful on its own, on how each character managed to pull it through during those first crucial eleven days. It reconciles facts from fallacy as the protagonist tells it from his own point of view. This creative non-fiction is one of the greatest survival stories ever told. It looks into the humanity of the typhoon survivors as they dealt with the slow response of aid and rescue. Abandoned and isolated, they began to depend on the resilience of one another as they live off the land in the face of insurmountable odds. What could possibly have gone wrong?