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Exercise bei exercise, exercise, exercise. but includes this is not a drill. 8:07 a.m., a day shift worker fearing a real missile attack warns the public from a computer. then a drop down menu asks are you sure you want to send this alert? he clicks yes. that employee has been fired. >> he has performed and throughout the ten years he has confused drills in at least two times. >> reporter: it takes 38 minutes to issue a new alert, no threat. >> this is the state warning point. >> reporter: vern miyagi, the administrator, has resigned taking full responsibility. the fcc saying the state didn't ...

Inside diamond head crater in this bunker where the state warning point is. this is where the mistake originated. an officer brought the wrong template up on the computer and then the computer asked whether or not you want to send out the message and someone clicked yes. it all happened during what was supposed to be a routine drill. the officer who sent the erroneous message to the public has been reassigned during an investigation. retired army major general vern meotti is the head of the team. >> what would you like to say no those who were terrified and children were afraid. >> i want to a...

State representative matt low presty's family was enjoying a relaxed saturday morning and suddenly worrying about nuclear annihilation. the family gathered in a bathroom and began praying. >> we all just got down, got in the tub, waiting for a flash and i was going to cover the kids with my body. >> reporter: what are your children saying to you? >> my 8-year-old is praying, she stopped and looked at me and said, daddy, are we at war? and i had to say, yes, and she just looked at me and said why? and all i could do was hug her. >> reporter: panic ensued. students ran for cover on campus. for 3...

People thought they were about to die. >> i sent a message to my grand kids at home. it made me realize i could have never seen them again. >> i want to stick around to see if we are going to get blown up so i said let me call my wife and tell her i love her. >> 38 minutes would pass before the state sent out an official correction with confirmation that this was a mistake, no missile was coming, nobody was in danger. with us our global affairs analyst. emergency officials are blaming this on one person who simply pressed a wrong button. the governor promises this will never happen again. what...

That we simulate a notification from pacom. no notification from pacom came. we simulate that. based on that simulation our staff at the state warning point will open up the screen, go through the checklist and make the initiation. there is a -- again, it's a human error. there is a screen that says, are you sure you want to do this? okay? that's already in place. now, we have one person, human error, and that thing was pushed anyway. >> so there was -- by having redundancy -- >> also pressed yes? >> yes. >> there was a few-step process, press yes in both situations? >> right. >> so having red...