Emotional Paddle Out Honors Lahaina Fire Victims 2 Years After the Disaster

Don Miller | The troubling history of the isolated island of Moloka’i

A few days before the grim two-year anniversary of the Aug. 8, 2023, Lahaina fires, my wife and I traveled from our sometime home in Maui, some 10 miles across the Pailolo Channel to the island of Moloka’i. And as Moloka’i locals are quick to respond, close as it is, their island is not Maui, not even. The Hawaiian Islands are the most remote spot on Earth, and Moloka’i, along with the privately owned island of Niihau offshore from Kauai, is one…

Emotional paddle out honors Lahaina fire victims 2 years after the disaster

The Maui community gathered for a paddle out to honor the 102 lives lost in the Lahaina fires two years ago.

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LAHAINA >> An estimated 1,000 people gathered at Maui’s Hanaka’o’o Beach Park this morning to join or witness the second “paddle out” at the start of a full-day of events to commemorate the second anniversary of the Aug. 8, 2023, Maui wildfires that killed 102 people and destroyed 2,200 structures.

Taking To The Sea To Honor Victims Two Years After Flames Swept Maui

Flowers fell from a helicopter during Friday's memorial paddle-out on the second anniversary of the Lahaina tragedy.