Josh Green: “If you put directors in, the secretary of health and human services is a critical position, and it results in our people…”

“We will never forget.

We cannot wait for every damaged road, utility pole, harbor and public facility to be assigned a dollar value before asking the federal government to act.

Protecting the people of Hawaiʻi is our highest priority and this approval gives our state and counties the additional federal support needed to act before conditions deteriorate.

“Twenty-five years later, we remember every life taken and honor the first responders and ordinary citizens who met unimaginable tragedy with extraordinary courage,”