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and how to rebuild, that is vital and that hawaii has a sunshine law when it comes to transparency about these decisions and demanding governor green abide by this and i talked to archie kalepa, leader, surfer, lifeguard and pioneered jet ski rescues on these aisles and i asked him about have you even had contact with the people in charge. take a listen. >> we do need dialogue for sure we need dialogue and i think that's the first step through this process is being able to sit down and have first off is -- it's a process and people want to vent. i'm sure that, you know, they want to vent as well, but let's get through that, get to the point where we can begin to make good decisions moving forward that gets community by and first
sweet talked their way around red tape and checkpoints, when they saw it for the first time, they wept. >> reporter: just on the edge of the burn scars, we find an inspiring example of hawaiian togetherness. >> a whole pallet? are you kidding? >> there you, man. >> reporter: archie is a hall of fame surfer and lifeguard that goes back nine generations. this is your house here? >> yes. we were lucky because our neighbors they were here fighting the fire and the fire department said that this is our last stand. we're going to hold the line right here. >> reporter: there is so much
burned and gutted by the firestorm last week here. this is the line that the fire department on this part of lahaina held. they decided, we're going to keep it here, this particular neighborhood, most of it survived as a result. but let me show you the contrast right here. this is the home of archie koleppa, a legendary surfer, lifeguard, a ninth generation hawaiian family from the lahaina area and you can see what the spirit of ohana or family in the islands means as everybody on maui and from around the islands began flooding donations here. so they have set up a command post, improvised first responders here, all volunteers, all people from the community. and they've created several of these pods around the burned
department on this part of lahaina held. they decided we're going to keep it here, this particular neighborhood. most of it survived as a result. let me show you the contrast right here. this is the home of archie. he's a legendary surfer, lifeguard, a waterman hall of famer on maui. ninth generation hawaiian family from the lahaina area. and you can see what the spirit of ohana or the spirit of family on the hawaiian islands as the islands begin flooding donations here. they've set up a command post, improvised first responders here, all volunteers, all people from the community and they've creative several of these pods around the burned area of the fire zone. you can see all the diapers and
critical supplies, the water, the food, it's a self-organizing system. archie has great leadership experience as a lifeguard extraordinaire and it's all coming into play right now. people trust him. he says that the state and federal response is getting a bad wrap. there's a perception as eave been outside of the perimeter that there's no federal or real official state response and most of the work on the front line is being done by people like you, grassroots, improvised first responders. is that fair? that's really happening? >> i don't think that's fair. i don't think that's fair because this is a crime scene. this right here is a crime scene. and so what people don't understand is the government has to do due diligence before they
the fire. >> this is the line that the fire department on this part of lahaina held. they decided we're going to keep it here, this particular neighborhood. most of it survived as a result. let me show you the contrast right here. this is the home of archie kalepa. he's legendary surfer, lifeguard, a hall of famer in maui. ninth generation familhe lahaina area. you can see what the spirit of ohana means, as everybody from maui and islands begin flooding donations here. they set up a command post, improvised first responders here, all volunteers, all people from the community. they've created several of these pods around the burned area of the fire zone.
process right now. so much of the aid stations in the neighborhoods around lahaina are do-it-yourself. they're crowd-sourced. some folks are very frustrated with the lack of sort of federal and state aid that they're seeing. others, like i talked to archie kalepa, who's a legendary waterman, a renowned lifeguard, big wave surfer and now a leader, a de facto sort of commander of a relief effort. he says that the authorities should be given a break on maui considering the scope of the area. they're still searching for bodies. take a listen. >> this is a crime scene. this right here is a crime scene. and so what people don't understand is the government has to do due diligence before they start moving in. so they're at 30,000 feet. they're looking, evaluating about how they need to come in
you can see all the diapers and critical supplies, the water and food, people just coming in here and it's sort of a self-organizing system. archie has great leadership experience as a lifeguard extrao extraordinaire. it's all coming into play right now. people trust him. he does say the state and federal response is getting a bad rap. let me ask you about the immediate response right now. there's a perception as we've been outside the perimeter that there's no federal or real official state response, and most of the work on the front lines is being done by people like you, grassroots, just improvised first responders. is that fair? what's really happening. what do you need? >> i don't think that's fair. i don't think that's fair. this is a crime scene. this right here is a crime scene. so what people don't understand
>> weave got cash. do you need cash? >> i think there's a big ice truck coming. >> we've got help on the way. >> reporter: they put out a plea on facebook. and when thousands of dollars began rolling in, they started handing it out. that didn't seem like enough. so they organized a caravan and sweet-talked their way past red tape and checkpoints. when they finally saw what la r lahaina looked like for the first time, they wept. just on the edge of the burn scars, we find an inspiring example of hawaiian togetherness. >> a whole pallet. are you kidding? >> that is aloha hospitality. appreciate it. >> nice and cool. >> reporter: archie kalepa is a hall of fame surfer and lifeguard with maui roots that
caravan and sweet talked their way past red tape and checkpoints and when they finally saw what lahaina looked like for the first time, they wept. but just on the edge of the burn scars, we find an inspiring example of hawaiian togetherness. >> colin powell, ruff kidding? that is aloha hospitality. thank you. >> you're next. keep up nice and cool. >> archie is a hall of fame surfer and lifeguard with maui roots that go back nine generations. >> reporter: this is your actual house here? >> this is my actual home. it was really lucky because my neighbors, they were here fighting the fire right at this corner. and the fire department said this is our last stand. we're going to hold the line right here. >> reporter: there's so much frustration over the official response so far.