Hawaiian man’s harrowing journey to save grandma from wildfires — 13 miles by bike and car: ‘God had his hand on my shoulder’
“By the time we met (just outside Lahaina), their house was gone,” Kiakona said. “I got them out just in time”
A desperate Hawaiian man turned into a modern-day Paul Revere, trading in a horse for a bicycle as he raced against flames to warn his grandmother about the devastating, incoming wildfire.
Pa’ele Kiakona, 28, traveled 13 miles through a torched hellscape on Aug. 8, in a frantic bid to save his beloved grandma who lived in the doomed town of Lahaina. ---More...
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