VIDEO: A former firefighter, Chris Greer, did not hesitate when his co-worker needed him after being trapped in flood water Saturday at their workplace, Laulau Solutions farm in Waialua.
“She just called me screaming, like ‘we need help!,’ and I was like, let’s do it,” Greer recalled. “Just kind of, in those moments, you just kind of go. I mean it was kind of crazy, the current coming out with the water rushing out was pretty tough. But, I know this lo’i, kind of the back of my hand.”
Greer’s familiarity with the taro farm allowed him to track down his co-worker and her pet piglet. “Threw her pet on a little surfboard and pushed it out. Kind of took like 30 minutes to get out of here, but we’re thankful everyone’s alright,” Greer said. But other animals were stuck.
Farm owner Joey Cadiz said the flood killed one of his pigs and two chickens. “We put time and invested time and energy into taking care of these animals, so that’s always, devastating too, in and of itself,” Cadiz said. “Quite dangerous, so we just had to evacuate and get out of there with whatever we could carry.”
