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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Hawaii Part 10

                                  
                               Laupahoehoe Point

Today we drove to the bottom of the cliff that our house is on, to go to a very beautiful, sacred and tragic point on The Big Island ~ Laupahoehoe Point. On April fools day 1946, a tsunami swept away a school taking the lives of 21 children and 3 adults. There is a memorial at the bottom of the cliff to all those who lost their lives. It is truly heartbreaking to see the pictures of these very young children and teachers who did not survive. The stories of the heroic teachers who lost their lives saving many children from the ocean are told at the memorial site. We took a moment to "just be" at this point and to appreciate the oceans power and the spirit of those lost that live on in this beautiful location. 







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