“It is unconceivable to think that someone would selfishly take these signs, especially now, when Lahaina has suffered so much,” said Theo Morrison, executive director of Lahaina Restoration Foundation.
swept across the island. at least 114 people have been confirmed dead following the wildfire, making it the deadliest in modern u.s. history. the mayor of maui county says that 150 people are still missing. president biden spoke a short time ago, standing near a 150-year-old tree that has become a symbol of hope after surviving the fire. president biden said this. to my left is the banditry, beloved in the community for over 150 years. here, the former capitol at the kingdom of hawaii that had stood for generations as a sacred spot of exceptional significance. one of the people who took me under the wing when i first got to senate was a danny norway. he used to talk about the kingdom of why. he came from japan, but it was amazing to listen to him. today, it s burned, but it is still standing.
president biden said this. to my left is the banditry, beloved in the community for over 150 years. here, the former capitol at the kingdom of hawaii that had stood for generations as a sacred spot of exceptional significance. one of the people who took me under the wing when i first got to senate was a danny norway. he used to talk about the kingdom of why. he came from japan, but it was amazing to listen to him. today, it s burned, but it is still standing. trees survived for a reason. i believe that is a powerful symbol of what we can and will do to get through this crisis. for this, for as long as it takes, we ll be with you, the whole country will be with you. we will be respectful of the sacred grounds and traditions and have it built the way that the people of now want a bill, not the way that other people or it build. we won t rebuild the way that now it wants to rebuild. you know, it will be hard.
he estimates up to 2,000 degrees that unfortunately some of these victims may never be found. during the president s visit he got to see the devastation from marine one and also on the ground and pointed to a symbol which is now amidst the ash in the thriving town, listen to what he said. to my left is the banyan tree beloved by this community for over 150 years. here in the former capital kingdom of hawaii stood for generations as a sacred spot of exceptional significance. today it s burned, but it s still standing. the tree survived for a reason. reporter: so we re told that he is hoping to instill a sense of confidence for the people here on maui who are still in need of aid, not just for the next couple weeks, but for several years to come. we are told that the president
then through identifying the dna sample of the identity of the deceased, but we are not done with the process yet, and we are hoping that many of the missing have simply not checked in and lack telecommunication, but we just don t know, and it is just, you know, it is not responsible to speculate, and all of us every day as the reports are coming down, we are waiting nervously for the next number, but we just don t know how high the death toll will go. what is it that you are hoping that president biden sees today? when he tours the island? the depth of the tragedy is easy to see when you see lahaina town, and it was a whaling town, a seat of the kingdom of hawaii and to see it just absolutely