Naʻe laka hake ʻi he toko 200 ʻo e kāingalotu ʻo e koló naʻa nau kau fakataha mo e kau taki lotu mei he ngaahi siasi ʻe 13 ʻi Lahaina ke nau fai ha ngaahi lotu lolotonga ha fakatahataha ʻi he Tusite ʻi hono fakamanatua ʻo e fakaʻilonga ʻo e māhina ʻe ono hili ʻa e vela ʻi Lahaina.

Naʻe manatuʻi ʻa e ngaahi ʻofaʻanga ne mole ʻi he vela ʻo e ʻaho 8 ʻo ʻAokosi 2023 ʻi ha fakaʻapaʻapa vitiō ʻi he kamata ʻo e meʻa fakaʻeiʻeiki ʻi he Lahaina Civic Center Amphitheatre.

“ʻI he faʻahitaʻu ʻoku tau ʻi aí, ʻoku ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻa e pule kotoa pē, pea ko e founga ia te tau lavaʻi ai ʻa e meʻa ʻoku tau fouá,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Faifekau ʻo e Falelotu Tuʻi Lahaina ko Kawi Keahi, ʻa ia naʻe mole hono ʻapí mo hono fale siasí ʻi he velá. “ʻOku ʻatā ʻa e melino ʻa e ʻOtuá kiate kitautolu. ʻOkú ke ʻiloʻi ʻa e meʻa ʻoku ou fakamālō aí – ʻoku ou kei ʻi heni, ʻoku kei ʻi heni hoku fāmilí, ʻokú ke kei ʻi heni.”

Naʻe manatu ʻa e Faifekau Ai Hironaka ʻo Lahaina Hongwanji, ko e taha ʻo e ngaahi siasi Puta ʻe tolu naʻe mole ʻi he afí, ki he founga naʻe ʻiloʻi ai ia ʻe ha kalake falekoloa mei he Foodland Lahaina ʻi heʻena fetaulaki ʻi ha falekoloa ʻi Maui Lotolotó, ʻa ia ʻokú ne nofo ai he taimí ni.

“ʻOku fakataha ʻa e kakai mei Lahaina ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻe taha ʻo e koló, ʻo nau vahevahe ʻa e ʻuma loto-māfana tahá,” ko e lau ia ʻa Faifekau Hironaka. “Ko e ʻuma ko ʻeni hili ʻa e afí ko ha meʻa fakaʻofoʻofa moʻoni ia kiate kimautolu pē. Naʻa mo e aʻusia tatau, ʻoku kehekehe pē hono tokangaʻi ia ʻe he tokotaha kotoa. ʻOku kehekehe ʻa e tokotaha kotoa pē pea ʻoku fakaofo ʻa e tokotaha kotoa pē.”

Naʻe pehē ʻe he Pule Kolo ko Richard Bissen naʻe fakatapui ʻa e efiafí ki he ngaahi fāmili ne mole honau ngaahi ʻofaʻangá ʻi he afí. “Ko e pō ʻeni ke fakatahataha ai hotau koló, ke nau fakatahataha mai,” ko ʻene leá ia. “Kuo mau liliu lahi kotoa talu mei he hoko ʻení.”

Ko e kau taki lotu Lahaina na'a nau kau mai ki he polokalama 'o e 'aho 8 ^'o Fepueli na'e kau ai 'a e Faifekau Gensho Hara 'o e Misiona Lahaina Jodo, Faifekau Takayuki Meguro 'o e Misiona Lahaina Shingon, Faifekau Ai Hironaka 'o Lahaina Hongwanji, Faifekau Steve Santos 'o e Falelotu Kalevale Westside, Talekita 'o e To'utupu 'o e Falelotu Kalevale Westside, Talekita To'utupu 'o e Falelotu Kalevale Zab Kushoka Chapel ʻo e Siasi ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi ʻo e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní, Lahaina, Kahu ʻAnela Lose ʻo e Siasi Waiolá, Faifekau Peni Maliano ʻo e Siasi Fakavahaʻapuleʻanga Faka-Kalisitiane ʻo e ʻOtuá, Tīkoni Kulisi Lupikoni ʻo e Siasi Malia Lanakila, Faifekau ʻEliki Neilo ʻo e Siasi Papitaiso Lahaina, Faifekau Kawi Keahi ʻo e Falelotu ʻo e Tuʻí Lahaina Brathina mo ʻEletā Sione- ko e Tuʻí. Larry Elies 'o e Kautaha Faka-Kalisitiane 'a Lahaina, ko e Siasi Sitiseni Maui he taimi ni.

Ko ha taha pē ʻokú ne fie maʻu ha fakamatala lahi ange pe poupou ki he moʻui lelei fakaʻatamaí ʻe lava ke ne maʻu ha ngaahi ngāue tokoni ʻoku ʻikai ha totongi ʻi he www.MauiRecovers.org/mentalhealth .