how do they explain to those too young to understand what their parents can t comprehend? children live in a moment when they re young. so you may have to explain it more than once with them. but all you can do isjust be straightforward, the fire took the house. the terrible thing is that, it s going to be hard because the next fire, you know, the next time they hear fire, that fear is going to come back. we actually had one lady beating on our window, save me, save me. these people may have lost their homes but they have not lost their hope. we are going to build ourselves up, shake ourselves up, keep going forward, we are not broken. that place might be for now but it won t stay that way. and even the elderly with other places they could go will stay and rebuild.
i hope it will be better. that s my prayer. and i believe that, i think one day, you know, it can be an even better lahaina than it was hopefully, that is what i hope at least. how do they explain to those too young to understand what their parents can t comprehend? children live in a moment when they re young. so you may have to explain it more than once with them. but all you can do isjust be straightforward, tell them the fire took the house. the terrible thing is that, it s going to be hard because the next fire, you know, the next time they hear fire, that fear is going to come back. we actually had one lady beating on our window, save me, save me. these people may have lost their homes but they have not lost their hope. we are going to build ourselves up,
that s my prayer. and i believe that, i think one day, you know, it can be an even better lahaina than it was hopefully, that is what i hope at least. how do they explain to those too young to understand what their parents can t comprehend? children live in the moment most when they re young. i so you may have to explain it more than once with them. but all you can do isjust be straightforward, tell them i the fire took the house. the terrible thing is that, it s going to be hard - because the next fire, i you know, the next time they hear fire, that fear is going to come back. i we actually had one lady beating on our window, save me, save me. these people may have lost their homes but they have not lost their hope. we are going to build ourselves up, shake ourselves up, keep
what will become of their community so crippled by a loss that s still being counted? i don t think it will ever be the same. i hope it will be better. that s my prayer. and i believe that, i think one day, you know, it can be an even better lahaina than it was hopefully, that is what i hope at least. how do they explain to those too young to understand what their parents can t comprehend? children live in the moment when they re young. so you may have to explain it more than once with them. but all you can do isjust be straightforward, the fire took the house. the terrible thing is that, it s going to be hard because the next fire, you know, the next time they hear fire, that fear is going to come back. we actually had one lady beating on our door saying, save me, save me. these people may have lost their homes but they have not lost their hope.
there was one lady beating on ourwindow, save me, save me. these people may have lost their homes but they haven t lost their hope. we re going to build ourselves up, we re going to shake ourselves off and we re going to keep going forward. we re not broken. the place might be for now, but, you know, it won t stay that way. and even the elderly with other places they could go will stay and rebuild. family on the mainland are trying to get me to move back and my son told my daughter, he said, you don t get it, dad is going to die there because that s his home. it s our home. but we ll come back, we ll survive, we ll get through this. they will tell their children that there has been mass death and destruction but out of it came heroes and hope. sophie long, bbc news, maui.