Na Kekahi Hoʻopaneʻe a FEMA E Hoʻopaʻa I Kēia ʻOhana Ma Kekahi Keʻena Noho Waiwai No Hoʻokahi Mahina Hou Aku

He keiki papa ʻo Randy Dadez no Lahaina, a ke moemoeā nei ʻo ia i ke kūkulu hou ʻana i kona home wā keiki i ʻai ʻia e ke ahi.

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He keiki papa ʻo Randy Dadez no Lahaina, a ke moemoeā nei ʻo ia i ke kūkulu hou ʻana i kona home wā keiki i ʻai ʻia e ke ahi.

Kā ka luna hoʻoponopono nota: Unuhi ʻia na Ākea Kahikina. Click here to read this article in English.

I kekahi mau lā ma mua pono o ka neʻe ʻana o ka ʻohana Dadez mai ke keʻena noho i uku ʻia e FEMA, ua loaʻa mai kekahi kelekiko iā Randy Dadez: Hiki i kona ʻohana ke noho paʻa no hoʻokahi mahina hou aku ma laila. 

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Ê»O kÄ“ia nō ke kolu o ka hoÊ»opaneÊ»e Ê»ia Ê»ana “ma ka hola Ê»umikÅ«mākahi” o ka haÊ»alele Ê»ana i kÄ“ia keÊ»ena noho waiwai i kÅ« me he home lā no lākou no nā mahina he Ê»ekolu me ka hapa. 

Ua pā kona naʻau i ka hopohopo ʻole me he nalu lā. 

He keiki papa ʻo Randy Dadez no Lahaina, a ke moemoeā nei ʻo ia i ke kūkulu hou ʻana i kona home wā keiki i ʻai ʻia e ke ahi. ʻIke ʻo ia i ia home ma ke ʻano he puʻuhonua e noho mau ai kāna mau keiki ma Maui. (Bryan Berkowitz/Civil Beat/2023)

Ê»O ka mea i hana Ê»ia, wahi a Randy i aÊ»o mai ai, Ê»o ia nō ka Ê»aelike Ê»ana o ka Ê»ona o ua keÊ»ena noho nei ma ka Honua Kai Resort e hoÊ»omau aku i ka palapala Ê»aelike me FEMA no ka hoÊ»onoho paÊ»a Ê»ana i ka Ê»ohana Dadezes a hiki i ka hopena o Pepeluali. Ma ka wā like, ke hana nei kekahi hui Ê»oihana i hai Ê»ia e FEMA e hoÊ»oneÊ»e i kÄ“ia Ê»ohana mai ka hōkele mākaÊ»ikaÊ»i a i kekahi hale noho loa. 

ʻO ka hoʻoneʻe ʻia ʻana o ka ʻohana, ʻo ia nō kekahi māhele o ka hana e hoʻoneʻe aku ai i nā luaahi ahi mai nā hōkele a i nā kūlanakauhale. ʻO ke keʻena pekelala nona ke kuleana no ka hoʻohale ʻana i nā luaahi he mau kaukani no Lahaina, na ia keʻena i hoʻohiki i ka ʻohana Dadezes i ka ʻimi ʻana i hale he ʻelima lumi ma Lahaina no lākou. Pēlā nō ka hoʻohiki ʻana i nā ʻohana ʻē aʻe he mau haneli. 

Wahi a Randy, ua haÊ»i Ê»ia kona Ê»ohana, hiki iā lākou ke noho ma ka hale a hiki i ka hopena o Pepeluali i kÄ“ia makahiki e hiki mai ana. No ka Ê»ike kikoʻī i pili i kahi e noho ai ka hale, Ê»aÊ»ole i maopopo iki. Ê»O ka mea naÊ»e i maopopo, aia nō ia hale ma Lahaina, a Ê»elima ona lumi — a Ê»oi aku ka nui o ia hale ma mua o nā hale a ka Ê»ohana Dadez i noho ai ma mua. 

Wahi a kekahi limahana mai Lima Charlie, he hui Ê»ohana ma Kaleponi i hai Ê»ia e FEMA no ka hoÊ»ohale Ê»ana i nā kamaʻāina no Lahaina, ua haÊ»i Ê»ia nō ka helu wahi noho o ka hale ma kahi leka leo ma kā Randy kelepona. Akā, Ê»aÊ»ole mōakāka ka inoa o ke alahele iā Randy ma ka hoÊ»olohe Ê»ana, a Ê»aÊ»ole i pane mai ka limahana o Lima Charlie i kāna mau kāhea no ka Ê»ike hou aku. 

“ʻAʻole au nānā, ʻaʻohe oʻu hopohopo — ʻaʻole i kēia manawa — no ka mea, ʻike leʻa au, hiki iā kākou ke noho paʻa ma ʻaneʻi,” wahi a Randy i pili i ke keʻena noho e noho ai kona ʻohana he ʻeono kānaka a me ke kāne a kāna kaikamahine hiapo. 

Ke ʻimi nei ʻo Randy me Marilou Dadez i ka mea e kūpaʻa ai ko lāua ʻohana mai ka lā 8 o ʻAukake aku, ka lā hoʻi i pau ai ko lākou hale hoʻolimalima. Ma kekahi kakahiaka Lāpule i hala aku nei, ua hoʻolauleʻa lākou i ka piha ʻana o ka makahiki 42 iā Marilou Dadez ma loko o ko lākou lumi hōkele i uku ʻia e FEMA me kā lāua mau kaikamāhine ʻo Rianna, 21, Heart, 19, a me Samara, 13, a me kā lāua keikikāne ʻo Kobe, 9. ʻO kā Rianna kāne ʻo Ramon Agdeppa, 20, ke noho pū nei ʻo ia me ka ʻohana, a aia ʻo ia e noho ana ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o ke kiʻi. (Bryan Berkowitz/Civil Beat/2023)

Ê»O ke keÊ»ena noho i loaÊ»a ai Ê»ekolu lumi moe, kekahi lānai pili kahakai, nā kÄ«wÄ« like Ê»ole, a me kekahi lumi kuke nani loa, he wahi Ê»oluÊ»olu loa ia no ko ka Ê»ohana hoÊ»oponopono Ê»ana ma hope o ka pau Ê»ana o ko lākou home hoÊ»olimalima he Ê»elua lumi a me ka hoÊ»ohaunaele Ê»ia Ê»ana o ko lākou mau ola. 

Ma mua o kÄ“ia wahi, ua neÊ»e pinepine ka Ê»ohana ma waena o kekahi hale pule a me Ê»elua lumi hōkele i uku Ê»ia e FEMA. Ma ua mau lumi hōkele nei, Ê»aÊ»ole loaÊ»a ka lumi kuke a me nā mÄ«kini kuke, a Ê»o ko lākou kaukaÊ»i Ê»ana i ka hāʻawi manawaleÊ»a Ê»ana mai i ka meaÊ»ai, a i Ê»ole, ua pono kākou e kÅ«Ê»ai i ka meaÊ»ai mai nā hale Ê»aina mai. 

“I kekahi mau manawa, penei koʻu noʻonoʻo, ʻaʻole hiki ke piliwi i ka nalowale ʻokoʻa ʻana,” wahi a Randy i pili i ka hale hoʻolimalima he ʻelua lumi ma ke alahele ʻo Kaniau, kahi i noho ai kona ʻohana ma mua o ke ahi. “A, i hoʻokahi minuke ma hope aku, penei koʻu noʻonoʻo, mau nō ka pōmaikaʻi. Maikaʻi wale mākou a pau. Paʻakikī nō, akā, nui koʻu mahalo i ke kōkua ʻia ʻana, loaʻa nō nā kānaka nāna e mālama nui mai iā mākou.”

The Dadez family's rental property on Kaniau Road in Lahaina, pictured center left of the home with the larger green pool, burned down in the Aug. 8 fire. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2023)
Eia ka hale hoʻolimalima o ka ʻohana Dadez ma ke alahele ʻo Kaniau ma waenakonu o ke kiʻi ma ka ʻaoʻao hema, ʻo ia nō ka hale me ka luawai ʻōmaʻomaʻo, ka hale hoʻi i ʻai ʻia e ke ahi ma ka lā 8 o ʻAukake. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2023)

Ma ke kakahiaka i pono mua ai ka neÊ»e Ê»ana i kekahi hale hou, ua kalaiwa Ê»o Randy me kāna wahine Ê»o Marilou me kā lāua mau keiki ʻōpioio Ê»elua i nā hālāwai kauka ma ke keÊ»ena like. Nānā a hoÊ»omaÊ»emaÊ»e Ê»ia nā niho o nā mākua e kekahi kauka niho. Nānā Ê»ia ke kuamoÊ»o o Samara, 13. Nānā Ê»ia ka pepeiao o Kobe, 9, no ka lapaÊ»au Ê»ana i kona pilikia lohe. 

Holo pono nā hālāwai kauka a pau. 

“ʻO ka mea nui i kÄ“ia manawa, Ê»o ia nō ke olakino o koÊ»u Ê»ohana,” wahi a Randy ma ke kalaiwa Ê»ana mai nā hālāwai mai. “Hoʻāʻo wau e hoʻēmi i ka hopohopo o lākou, ka hopohopo hoÊ»i i pili i nā mea a pau i holo mai nei. Hoʻāʻo wau e kÅ« me he meÊ»e lā. Wahi a ka poÊ»e, he kuleana nui kÄ“lā, a noÊ»u iho naÊ»e, he wahi māhele ia o ke kuleana makua.” 

ʻO kā Civil Beat kūkala nūhou ʻana i pili i ke Kalana o Maui, ke uku hapa ʻia e nā haʻawina kālā mai ka Nuestro Futuro Foundation. 

Ua kākoʻo ʻia kēia papahana e ka ʻOhana o Harry Nathaniel, Levani Lipton, ka ʻOhana Mar, a me Lisa Kleissner.

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