Lucky to Be Alive: Survivor of Aliamanu Fireworks Tragedy Leaves Hospital to Visit Blast Site
ALIAMANU, Hawaii — A community in Aliamanu is beginning to see the slow release of some lucky survivors from the hospital after a New Year’s fireworks incident that shook their festive gathering, causing severe injuries and fatalities. Amidst the returned is a man, evidence of the trauma marked by visible burns and extensive bandaging, who, upon discharge, visited the wreckage of his neighbor’s home where the disaster unfolded. The man, whose identity is withheld at …