Emotions are running high in Maui and despite what CNN has claimed Biden’s visit didn’t help.
Residents are frustrated.
We previously reported wildfires ripped through the densely-populated area of Lahaina, leaving 114 dead and 1,050 missing and unaccounted for. It has been estimated that up to 3,357 students are relocated to different schools due to damage to the schools they were attending, and only 400 students from the area that burned have been reenrolled in other public schools.
The fires destroyed 2,200 homes, displaced nearly 5,000 people, and could still have more tragic outcomes as the death toll continues to rise. Counseling will be offered at the schools that are reopening outside of the burn zone, but the puzzles pieces of this tragedy are still being put together to identify those lost.
Hawaii Governor Josh Green addressed the uncertainty of the missing persons on Sunday after the fires with Face the Nation. “We do have extreme concerns that because of the temperature of the fire, the remains of those who have died, in some cases, may be impossible to recover meaningfully. So there are going to be people that are lost forever.”
Fox News reporter Will Cain has been on the ground one of the points he’s made is heartbreaking.
Other than a couple of reports, not many family members are talking on TV about missing relatives. After spending time on the ground, Cain believes that it’s very possible entire families perished.
This observation has been seconded by almost all the people I know in West Maui. For the most part their friends and family are safe. To be clear they know of friends of friends who are missing. Or half a dozen members of a congregation. They definitely know people who died.…
— Will Cain (@willcain) August 23, 2023
Cain also reported that a drone operator hired by an attorney to fly over the fire’s possible origination was chased off a parking lot by authorities.
Davin says he was hired by an attorney to fly his drone over the suspected area where the fire started. There is a no fly zone over Lahaina. But as you can see from the footage that hasn’t stopped him from getting images of Lahaina Town. But it was a different experience at the… pic.twitter.com/cKJMjNVaSY
— Will Cain (@willcain) August 22, 2023
Davin says he was hired by an attorney to fly his drone over the suspected area where the fire started. There is a no fly zone over Lahaina. But as you can see from the footage that hasn’t stopped him from getting images of Lahaina Town. But it was a different experience at the… pic.twitter.com/cKJMjNVaSY
— Will Cain (@willcain) August 22, 2023
The few investigative reporters that are on the ground are pushing for answers. One reporter claims he was put in a headlock by local police. Local news outlets said a “Kentucky Man” confronted the mayor; however, it was Nick Sortor, who’s a freelance journalist and has been on Tucker’s show often.
🚨 MAUI POLICE HEADLOCK ME FOR ASKING THE MAYOR ABOUT MISSING CHILDREN
MAYOR BISSEN KNOWS THE ANSWER, BUT HE’S HIDING IT.
The mainstream media have been REFUSING to press the Mayor on this, so residents and I started pressing him HARD for the past SEVERAL DAYS.
He’s been… pic.twitter.com/ewZgl7lwz4
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) August 23, 2023
