“Unbelievable.” Richard Olsten, owner and operator of a helicopter tour company on Maui, surveyed the damage after a deadly wildfire tore through the heart of the Hawaiian island. 'It was heartbreaking,' Olsten told ABCNewsLive.
When helicopter pilot Richard Olsten flew above Lahaina, Maui, on Wednesday, he said he was not prepared for what he saw.
"It was heartbreaking," Olsten told ABC News Live."There's hundreds of homes burned down to the ground. The entire area of Front Street, the whole historic area, is gone, burned to the ground.""We were just speechless with one another as we viewed this horrible destruction of the town," Olsten said.
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