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Courtesy of Bill Schilling(LAHAINA, Hawaii) The family of a kind-hearted Maui resident known as "Uncle Joe" believes the 67-year-old died trying to help his elderly neighbors, as the flames from Hawaii s deadliest wildfire engulfed historic Lahaina.
Missing since Aug. 8, Joe Schilling was last seen at his residence in the Hale Mahaolu Eono senior housing site in downtown Lahaina.
Piecing together his final communications that day with accounts from friends who interacted with him, his family believes that while Schilling had ample time to escape his residence, he chose to stay at his apartment complex to help his neighbors who were otherwise unable to escape the fire.
“We are trapped, can t see a thing, plus when u try to breath it burns ur lungs,” Schilling sent to a friend at 3:51 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time (HST) on Tuesday while he sheltered with five of his elderly neighbors, according to the text messages reviewed by ABC News.
A longtime resident of Maui, Schill
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