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The texts loved ones sent during the Hawaii missile alert mishap

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Hawaiian residents and vacationers spent 38 horrific minutes preparing for an incoming ballistic missile and possible death on Saturday, until the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency corrected a false alarm message.
« I was in a bit of a stupor because I had just woken up from a nap, » said Donchey, an anchor at CNN affiliate KPRC in Houston who was visiting Hawaii. « The first thing I noticed was nine missed calls from my dad, then my mom’s texts telling me to take shelter and that she loved me. »
« Perhaps the most upsetting part came several hours afterward, when I realized the agony my mother went through for those 38 minutes, » she says. « She thought her daughter was going to die alone. No one would console her. That’s what I felt the worst about. »
Stephanie Warner, family in Hawaii
« When I read the text, Ben, Abbey and I were just watching TV so we started Googling looking for answers, » says Warner. « Sarah didn’t know any more than the alert she received so she didn’t have many answers either. »
« I think we were too shocked to react emotionally, » Warner remembers. « I just wanted to know why I couldn’t find any information on what was happening…. Sarah sent us a picture of a sleepy Emmalinn to calm us down, which was appreciated. »
« I don’t think the reality of what was happening hit me until a few hours later when she FaceTimed me with Emma, » Warner says. « I went into a panic mode of how do we fix this? Can they come home? Can Blaine find a new career? Would it matter if they did any of that if this is what the world is coming to? I felt very small and helpless. I’ve been reading most of the articles that have been released since and I think it really hits home knowing this is a reality. It could happen at any moment and again, there’s nothing we can do about it but pray that everything is in control. »
Lori Citro, daughter in Hawaii
« [The other family members] had the wherewithal to check if it was a hoax, » Citro said. « I just melted down and cried and sobbed. Couldn’t even think straight. Seemed like an eternity. »
« I had a total meltdown at the restaurant sobbing crying and barely able to read the rest of the messages, » Citro said in a Facebook post. « The good-byes, ‘I love yous’ and finally quite thankfully, the message it was a mistake or a hoax. »
« My daughter was going to die, today, alone, » Citro remembers thinking. « I wanted to run from the restaurant and fly to Hawaii to be with her. »
Kimberly McMurray, in Hawaii
« My first initial thought was pure fear at the idea that my 2-year-old daughter’s life was going to be instantaneously cut short, » said McMurray. « That melded into the thought on what was it going to feel like – would I die in the initial blast or get lingering affects from the radiation exposure and die later on? »
« I wasn’t sure if I should text my family because I was honestly more worried about the fear and helplessness they would feel, » McMurray remembers thinking. « I debated sending a text at all, but felt that if I only had minutes left, I wanted them to know we loved them.
Chris Sutherland, daughter in Hawaii
« Helpless, » Sutherland wrote on Facebook. « The feeling you have when your daughter sends you the following text… »

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