Our visuals team documented key happenings across the state.
This past week’s visual highlights were captured at a regatta benefiting Maui fire recovery, an emergency training session for high school students, an operation removing fuel from Red Hill and a dedication of the new Honouliuli National Monument.
Hopefully these photographs inspire you to participate in your communities, share your voice and hold authorities accountable.
On the weekend when Molokai would normally be hosting the Molokai Hoe Canoe Race through the Kaiwi channel, clubs instead chose to respect the privacy of fire survivors. They modified the course and paddled a 15-mile Iron Man course from Maunalua Bay to Sand Island. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023)Outrigger canoe racing is very much a team sport that incorporates rigging canoes in the traditional way, carrying the wa鈥檃 to their starting points and then racing the canoes to the designated finish line. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023)Teams line up for the modified 2023 Molokai Hoe Canoe Race. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023)The Molokai Hoe Canoe Race was first run in 1952. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023)Teammates lift Raely Brown, a Maui High School senior, quicker than she expected during a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) cribbing-and-carrying training event Tuesday at Baldwin High School in Wailuku. More than 100 high school students from 14 schools across the islands gathered during their fall break to learn first aid, CPR/AED, triage, search-and-rescue among other skills used during emergencies. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023)Isaiah Lewis, a senior at Waianae High School, at left, is approached by a CERT search-and-rescue (SAR) team during a training scenario at Baldwin High School. The CERT program is administered and supported by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). This nationwide program trains volunteers how to prepare for disasters and respond to emergencies. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023)Lahainaluna High School senior Mo鈥檜nga Fifita, center, laughs with Caysha Cabacungan, a Maui High School senior, left, as their team places a blanket under her during cribbing-and-carrying training in Wailuku. The students participated in an inaugural disaster response training program for youth lead by ClimbHi, a nonprofit designed to inspire high school students to continue to higher education or the workforce by introducing a path to reach their goals. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023)The predawn sun at Pearl Harbor illuminates the cloud formation. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023)The Empire State, a 603.9 ft-long tanker, sets away from its mooring headed into Pearl Harbor, to dock and begin defueling the Red Hill tank facility. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023)United States Navy BM3 (Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class) Arthur Renteria looks toward the rising sun in the early hours of Oct.11, 2023 while guiding his Arizona tender Donald K. Ross to intercept the tanker Empire State on its way to Pearl Harbor. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023)The Empire State, a 603.9 ft-long tanker, arrived in Pearl Harbor, escorted by two tugs to dock and began removing fuel from Red Hill. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023)Sandi Chang wears a T-shirt displaying a quote from former President Barack Obama at the designation of a former World War II prison camp as the Honouliuli National Monument on Wednesday. The National Park Service will take over stewardship of the renamed Honouliuli National Historic Site. Japanese Americans and Hawaii residents of Japanese ancestry were imprisoned without due process when it was known as Honouliuli Internment Camp during the war. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023)From left, Kahu Kordell Kekoa, Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke, Sandi Chang, Karen Murashiga and Beth Iwata place a lei during the plaque dedication and blessing of the Honouliuli National Monument Wednesday. A traditional Hawaiian blessing by Kahu Kekoa and a Konkokyo blessing by Rev. Edna Matsuoka graced the invitation-only dedication. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023)Rev. Edna Matsuoka of the Konko Mission Wahiawa offers a blessing during the plaque dedication ceremony for the Honouliuli National Monument. The approximate 400 Americans of Japanese ancestry imprisoned here called the camp, “Jigoku-Dani,” or “Hell Valley,” as it sits deep in the stifling Honouliuli Gulch of the Ewa district. The camp population was approximately 4,000 POWs and non-combatant prisoners. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023)A Bayer employee tries to organize a group photo after the plaque dedication and blessing of the Honouliuli National Monument. Honouliuli Internment Camp was the largest and longest operating incarceration site in Hawaii. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023)Japanese Culture Center of Hawaii鈥檚 Gale Kobayashi, from left, Betsy Fujii Young and Carole Hayashino throw flower petals after a plaque dedication and blessing of the Honouliuli National Monument. “Honouliuli Interment Camp is a really great reminder of some of the things that happened in our history that we’re not proud of.” said Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke. “It’s a reminder that when we make decisions based on hate, when we make decisions based out of fear, out of prejudice, there are grave consequences.” (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023)The Pacific Jewel, a tanker flagged under Hong Kong sits at its mooring just outside Honolulu, photographed Oct. 11 at sunrise. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023)
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