A South Jordan couple who considers Lahaina, Hawaii, their second home is devastated and heartbroken over the images of destruction from the Maui fires.
SOUTH JORDAN — A South Jordan couple who considers Lahaina, Hawaii, their second home is devastated and heartbroken over the"Just so hard to see the images coming out of there, of this beautiful quaint little town that's been destroyed. There are 10,000 memories there for us. It's a beautiful paradise," David Swenson said to KSL-TV.
They said about 40 members in the ward completely lost everything. Their homes burned to the ground. They had only the clothes on their back. But amazingly their chapel was untouched. A picture of it they shared with KSL-TV shows the building standing untouched with ash all around it.
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