This community went through. Tonight, we are inside the fire zone in maui. For the first time, we see the images captured by two captains who answered the call for help from the water. The coast guard telling them people, families, and children were in desperate need. Tonight, they take us back by water to where they helped those fighting to survive, including a young brother and sister. Their entire bodies covered in soot. And tonight, abc news with a minutebyminute look at how this deadly disaster unfolded. Our indepth timeline. Hourbyhour, putting the pieces of this tragedy together. So much time went by, as the fires grew. Why werent there more alerts . Why were the sirens not sounded . Tonight, authorities defending their reason not to use them. The two Boat Captains describing the moment the coast guard sent them in, telling them, we need help. They could feel the heat, the smoke, and the wind as they pulled into the harbor. Tonight, investigators and what theyre now learning abo
Spread. why did so much time go by without significant alerts? why weren t the sirens used that they have here on maui? authorities and their explanation, right here tonight. more than 100 people have died here. and there are more than 1,000 still unaccounted for. and tonight, the red cross just before we came on the air here has now declared this disaster a mass fatality operation. as they carefully search through the debris for remains, asking loved ones to please provide their dna. we traveled into lahaina today with those two captains, taking the same route in that they took the night of the fires. jumping into action when the coast guard said, we need help. tonight, for the first time, we see the images of the fires they captured themselves, those captains, the fires raging, the blinding smoke in the harbor. the heat they felt when they arrived. asking themselves, how would anyone survive jumping into those churning waters, in those winds? tonight here, some of the evidence. the