Towards the island. This is not a drill. Take immediate action measures. Repeat, the u. S. Pacific command has detected a missile threat to hawaii. That alert went out on tv and on cell phone push alerts just after 8 00 yesterday morning hawaii time. This left people, of course, to panic. Some running in the streets fearing a missile from north korea. 38 minutes later, another alert went out saying the warning was a fake. The governor of hawaii is apologizing. What happened today was totally unacceptable and many in our community was deeply affected by this and im sorry. Im, too, very angry and disappointed that this happened. Now, while the message may have been false, it might have uncovered a real problem that investigators are now looking into. The governor says some people did not get the message on their cell phone. Plenty of tourists were caught off guard by the missile warning. Abc 7 News Reporter Alyssa Harrington talked to a San Francisco couple who just started their honeymo
When he got the scary news. My wife and daughter and friends and girlfriends were in tears. Im trying to drink a mai tai and running for my life. Reporter garrett from florida is on vacation on the big island. Hotel staff told him to shelter in his room. Thats the last thing i wanted to hear. I wanted an evacuation plan, like what should we be doing right now . Reporter these tourists were told to seek shelter in the basement of this hotel. I was so scared. Reporter it took almost 40 minutes before the public was told the cell phone alert was a mistake. It happened when a worker at the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency hit the wrong button, prompting this apology from the governor. This should not have happened. We are investigating the sequence of events that occurred. An error was made in emergency management. Reporter molly watson is on her way to kauai from sfo. Shes glad it was only a false alarm but it really scared her relatives. They were terrified. They had friends on other i
Hilive where you live, thiss abc7 news. We were up on a mountain and we almost fell off of it trying to get to our children. A terrifying start to the day in hawaii, as people were fearing they were just minutes away getting hit by a missile. Good evening. The big story tonight, everyone seems to be talking about the false alert that had a missile headed for hawaii. This is not a drill. Take immediate action measures. Repeat, the u. S. Pacific command has detected a missile threat to hawaii. The alert went out on social media to cell phone push alerts after 8 00 this morning. This led people to panic. Some running in the streets, fearing a missile from north korea. About 40 minutes later, another alert went out saying the warning about a Ballistic Missile was a fake, and tonight, the governor of hawaii is apologizing. What happened today was totally unacceptable, and many in our community was deeply affected by this. And im sorry. Im too very angry and disappointed that this happened.
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The error. Had is where we stayed after we prepared. Valerie turner shows us where she headed with her family after getting a scary alert on her phone which said Ballistic Missile threat inbound to hawaii, seek immediate shelter. This is not a drill. I was overwhelmed with just the thoughts that were going through my head in that theres a missile coming our way and i dont know what to. She quickly got her two kids to a downstairs bathroom. Downstairs and just sat there n and prayed to god. Most of hawaii got the same frightening alert. Ron who lives in the east bay was on the last dave his vaon when he got the scary news. My wife and daughter and her friend, her girlfriends were in tears. Im here trying to drink a my tie and im going to have to be running for my life. This man is on vacation on the big island. Hotel staff told him to shelter in his room. Thats the last thing i want to hear. I want an evation evacuation plan. These tourists were told to seek shelter in the basement of t