Hawaii employee who sent alert thought real missile was incoming; state emergency manager resigns
by Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times
Jan 31, 2018
3 minutes
Hawaii's state emergency manager resigned Tuesday after officials said a recent false alarm warning of an incoming missile was triggered by an employee who got confused during an unplanned drill and thought the state was really under attack.
State and federal inquiries into the Jan. 13 incident - in which the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency broadcast a missile-attack warning on residents' phones, televisions and radios - concluded that the employee did
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