HALEIWA, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow/Gray News) — A disabled Army veteran and four others were rescued by a Navy helicopter crew after last week’s storm flooded his Hawaii home and left them stranded.
Tyson Byram, 44, his service dog Yoshi, three family members and a neighbor were airlifted one at a time from the yard of his Waialua Beach Road home in Haleiwa after floodwaters surrounded the property.
The storm flooded the first floor of Byram’s home.
“It was just scary as could be. We were sitting with flashlights watching the refrigerators, and there goes another cooler or there goes a trash can, just boats and my boat. My fiancée’s car got picked up from the front of the house and washed 700 feet,” Byram said.
Stranded with no way out
In the morning, Byram flew his drone and saw the surge of floodwaters swept away cars, leaving them in piles with nearly 4 feet of water…