Despite Losing Everything, Maui Survivors Feel Lucky to Be Alive

Maui residents tell of lost family members and property in the Lahaina wildfire disaster, while visitors say they were lucky to get out alive.

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Despite Losing Everything, Maui Survivors Feel Lucky to Be Alive — A hotel resort sits empty along the beachfront in Lahaina, Maui, on Aug. 12, 2023. Allan Stein/The Epoch Times

By Allan Stein

8/14/2023Updated: 8/16/2023

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MAKAWAO, Hawaii—Rachel M. lost everything of material value in the burning wreckage of the Lahaina wildfire in West Maui last week.

Her wedding planning and property management businesses went up in flames, as did most of her personal belongings, such as the hand-crafted table her grandfather had built years ago.

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