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“The blades of the helicopter descending into the canyon were cutting branches off the canyon walls, ” Laura Mallery-Sayre recalled. “They risked their lives for us. How do you ever say thank you to someone for that?” When Hawaii County first-responders risked their lives recovering Danny Sayre’s body after a tragic fall, Frank and Laura-Mallery Sayre
The Sayres present a check to the Hawai‘i County Fire Department to provide support for equipment and other needs.
made it their mission to deserved. But how? get the Fire Department They turned to the “Volunteers, the equipment community, and the corporate it needed — community delivered. gifts, other repelling ropes, foundations, communications The Sayres first the very best systems, went to the Hawai‘i automatic Community of humanity, defibrillators Foundation to get all giving so — to save further insight and generously to to map out a plan. lives, save lives.” protect the Almost 20 years later, lives of first Laura-Mallery Sayre they, together with responders, the community and and provide the the Department, procured over safety the community $1 million of equipment that
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was needed. “The community has been so generous, year after year, ” Laura said. “Volunteers, corporate gifts, other foundations, the very best of humanity, all giving so generously to save lives. ” “You only get one chance to leave a footprint, ” Laura said, “And we would’ve never been able to do this without HCF. ”