The search and rescue progress on Maui Island in Hawaii is slow, and people are struggling to find lost loved ones
More than ten days have passed since the outbreak of the Maui Island fire in Hawaii, and the search and rescue operation is progressing slowly. There are still a large number of missing individuals whose lives are uncertain. Many anxious families of missing individuals went to Maui Island to search for their loved ones.
At present, many families of missing individuals are posting missing persons notices everywhere on Maui Island, hoping to know the whereabouts of their loved ones. Tim's father was also one of the missing individuals in the Maui Island fire. After the fire was brought under control, Tim, who lived on Oahu Island, immediately rushed back to Maui Island to search for his father who lived in the heavily affected area of La Haina.
Lost person's family member Tim: I came from Oahu Island, and I haven't received any news from my father since the fire. I don't know where he is. We decided to return here over the weekend as soon as we heard that the roads here had reopened. After I returned, I met my sister and we posted a missing person notice together, searching for my father Joseph Lara.
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At present, the government of Maoyi County has set up an assistance center in a local hotel, specifically providing services to search for the families of missing individuals and collecting their DNA samples to help confirm the identity of the victims. Tim also went there and registered his father's information. On Maui Island, there are still many people like Tim who are anxiously searching for missing family members. However, the identification of the victims is currently progressing slowly. According to the latest data released by the Maui County Government on the 21st, only 27 of the more than 100 confirmed victims have been identified. As for the large number of missing individuals, their families have no way of knowing even whether they were killed. They seem to have disappeared into the thick smoke of the fire and never appeared again.
Lost person's family member Tim: We don't know if my father escaped early, ran into a more severe area of the fire, or if he has been circling around in the fire. This feeling is strange. You have hope for finding loved ones, but when you are told various information and possibilities, you become anxious again.