In an emotional plea, a Lahaina resident calls for more help after a wildfire decimated the popular Maui town.
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Prayers for The Valley Isle!!! Home ❤️😢🙏🏾 #MauiBUILT
God did this . Why? He has abandoned America for its abominations . More coming.
😢 I heard they were flying in first responders from the mainland. Is just not happening yet?
Anyone who thinks this is a natural disaster is mentally inept 🤡👏👍😟😢
A lot of people cant even afford to travel there let alone stay and help. Maui is supposedly surrounded by many wealthy homeowners, I don't understand why they're not coming to help.
I'm thankful we have an adult in the white house that will send aid immediately instead of throwing paper towels at them.
No prayers! WE LAUGH AT YOUR MISFORTUNE
Definitely donating what I can
Our heart cries for Maui.
Good to be American because help is on the way. So sad. Living along the gulf coast we know how quickly disaster can wipe out a whole town. We pray help is provided in abundance. Americans are charitable people and will always be there to help our family in need.
I love you brother all my people in Hawaii Jason calving shiflet loves you brother saluuuuuuute
Biden doesn’t like Hawaiians apparently
Trying to get help now man let's see what can be done
Hawaiians wanna be independent but now they want help
I'm more than willing to go to lahaina with my tools and knowledge. We tradesmen need help to get there. Tools and all. It's hard to get what you need already in Maui. Let's get contractors ready to go. That means 2 weeks shipping from cali and getting your tools to a boat in California. Let's go men and women of the trades. This is priority.
A lot of beach front property now available… Fire Sale then the bigs will buy up all the land .. again.
Imua lahaina!!!
You think the United States cares about the people of Maui. LOL Look at NYC or SF.
The United States cares more about Illegal immigrants, Ukraine & China more than its own citizens.
This news is not being aired in the media! Our national news stations are only using their networks as tools to propagate the political battles in DC and to divide the people! The real problems of the real people have been pushed aside for the propaganda of the media!
Where did the little bit of the footage of front street come from? That’s the newest footage I’ve seen and it was just a few seconds clip.
They burned down the gambling house it died with an awful sound funky Claude was running in and out pulling kids out the ground and when it all was over we had to find another place Swiss time was running out it seemed that we would lose the race..
Huge military base. Can't spare a couple firefighting water sacks on Blackhawks?
Hawaiian then: you’re not welcome here, white boy
Hawaiin now: WHITE BOY PLS HELP
Boo
But they are telling people to Get Out not come in to help! It's crazy. Most people in charge just don't know what to do.
Front Street was a HUGE business and employment area in The Old HISTORIC whaling town of Lahaina. Many of the trees in the park there by Lahaina harbor had trees that were hundreds of years old. It is a complete disaster and needs Federal assistance like FEMA. The loss in monetary value is huge, billions, but the loss in life and culture is even larger.
Welcome to the us standards
This is what FEMA IS FOR, while this worthless administration sends trillions to Ukraine and garbage country's who want to delete America, money needs sent to Hawaii, criticize me, go ahead you're uneducated…
This is heartbreaking..if your looking for help from Biden!! Well u won't get it because he don't give a s**
Because y'all not white, Katrina.
Brother I hate to tell you this but, this is America and welcome to Gentrification !!!!!
Nah, you aint getting help, remember when you talk to all that stuff about white people and colonizers, now you're gonna beg for our help. Nah, go ask MBC, the Jewish rich company, for money.
Democratic run states!🤬 and all you get from Mazie Hirono are crickets!😡
I swear on everything if I had jay z, Beyoncé, just having 100k or 500k I’d immediately help
Never seen such a large man ask for help
Help is already on the way. There's not much anyone can do from the outside in the middle of a hurricane winds fueled wildfire on an island. It's up to the people within to get as many people out as possible as this guy did but to act like no one is trying to help less than 24 hours later is a little ridiculous and just fueled by emotion and not rational thought. Which is understandable coming from him after what he's been through but the people in the comments are just being ridiculous.
Lester what on Earth is going on in the US??????????? (World superpower❤)
We seen this in the pacific northwest 3 years ago. Dozens of people watched as the forest service started devastating wildfires for unknown reasons. We where told they where caused by " dry windy" conditions when 100s of us witnessed them setting the forest ablaze near small communities. Then they declared state of emergency and received massive amounts of money for aid. 3 years later our communities are still burnt to ash with zero help or funding for displaced families. They said the money went towards firefighting efforts, but they never even attempted to put out the fires. It's common knowledge where I live that the government burnt our homes and forest and received large amounts of support funds that they then pocketed for themselves.
Sorry. Ukraine got billions already.
Ask the island god for help 😂😂 y’all don’t even consider yourself part of 🇺🇸 america Figure it out
Why is this getting so little coverage? GET THESE AMERICAN CITIZENS SOME HELP.
I think its now obvious, theres only one person to send now….Kamala
This is completely devastating and inexcusable for a state that is part of our nation, we need to get troops out there NOW!!!!
Joe dont care
Ironically 69 acres of FARMLAND randomly catching fire.
It seems every large farm in America is dealing with "natural" catastrophic situations recently. 🧐
So sad seeing what happened to this peaceful town
Many people needs help around the world too
If you visit HI. Please donate our ohanas need it.
They're coming