They found out 38 minutes later the threat was not real. Abc 7 News Reporter Cornell Bernard is live at sfo with reaction to this mistaken alert. Reporter just imagine getting that alert from a missile was on its way. Folks heading to hawaii reacting to the news, but first lets hear from the folks who lived through that false alarm. This is where we stayed after we prepared. Reporter valerie turner, who lives on kauai, shows us where she headed with her family after 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 the thoughts going through my head, theres a missile coming on our way, i dont know where to go or what to do. Reporter valerie got her kids jacob and leah to a downstairs bathroom. I felt really scared and i ran down the stairs and sat there and prayed to god. Reporter most of hawaii the 2 the alert. Ron, who was in the east bay, was on his last day of vacation when he got t
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
That breaking news tonight is an urgent warning about imminent i. C. E. Raids from the mayor of one of the bay areas biggest cities. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Im eric thomas. And im dion lim. Right away lets get to abc 7 News Reporter lisa amin gulezian. What are you learning . Reporter oaklands mayor libby schaaf issued this warning late tonight stating multiple credible sources have told her i. C. E. Could start operations within the next 24 hours. You may recall earlier this month Homeland Security raided 77 businesses in San Francisco, san jose, and sacramento looking for illegal workers. Agents demanded proof that employees were legally allowed to work in the united states. In her statement schaaf reiterated that Oakland Police would not participate in i. C. E. Activities. She said, we want residents to prepare, not panic. We understand i. C. E. Has used activity rumors in the past as tactic to create fear. Our intent is for our community to go about their daily lives w
[radio communications] one minute you can go all the way around. [helicopter noise] whoa, geez [radio communications] were moving, were moving ahhh [explosions] no no no no [clock beeps] welcome back to the state farm postgame show. Curt well, two years ago matt ryan got a new head coach in dan quinn. He was brought to atlanta from seattle to try and replicate on the field the defense the seahawks had. So far the student has beaten the teacher head to head. Dan quinn gets the win. Hes with pam oliver. Pam you set your team up for this. How nice is it now that its happened . I know you have more work to do. For this city and for our fans, the connection, you feel it, so its awesome for them. We get to have a playoff game at home, its because of them so we are so pumped had to it. We knew this would be a hard battle and it for sure was. Those guys are as tough as they come. We knew it would be tough and it was. Pam emotional for you . It is. Mainly for our team. I know what weve put into