A community that proved its mettle throughout the devastating Aug. 8 fire that wiped out historic Lahaina town took a significant step forward together during the Ho‘ulu Lahaina Unity Gathering.
At the end of a nearly four-mile walk, community organizer Archie Kalepa addressed a crowd gathered at Launiupoko saying, “The depth of our grief and the warmth of our aloha is overwhelming. Today marks a different kind of point in the history of this place.”
The day after the Maui wildfire, 911 calls didn’t stop: Reports of missing people, stranded family members and tourists trapped without food or water lighted up emergency lines.
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