Suas’ mother resting
in hospital following
stressful day in courtsShe had chest pains after
By Rod Ohira
court rulings Tuesday against
two of her sons
Star-BulletinFaleupolu Sua has shed many tears for her troubled sons, unwilling to abandon hope that they will change.
"I always love my children and cry for them no matter what they do," Sua said yesterday from a hospital bed at St. Francis-West, where she is recuperating from stress following Tuesday's court rulings against two of her sons, Robert and Eddie.
"I pray for my kids every day and ask God to change their lives."
Mrs. Sua, a devout Catholic and eucharistic minister at St. Joseph Church in Waipahu, said she began experiencing chest pains at about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
She and her husband, Etuale, had spent the day in court.
A Circuit Court jury convicted Robert of reckless endangering and first-degree terroristic threatening, and later a federal magistrate ordered Eddie held without bail on drug-trafficking charges.
"I was still thinking about what happened when I got home," Mrs. Sua said. "I started shaking and having chest pains even before they called the verdict -- I already knew what was going to happen to Robert.
"It was stressful facing the news people afterward, and I was feeling chest pains when we walked across the street to go to court for Eddie."
Mrs. Sua was admitted to the hospital that night.
"It was from stress, not a heart attack," she said of her chest pains. "The doctors just want me to rest.
"Robert, Alomalietoa and John called home (from prison) and left a message for me not to worry. The others don't know."
Substance abuse is a problem for her sons, said Mrs. Sua.
"I know my kids' lives were ruined by drugs," she said.
Mrs. Sua has lived in Waipahu for 29 years and said the neighborhood where her sons grew up is not to blame for their troubles.
She does, however, say their choice of friends was a factor.
"I know my children. At home, they can be good to us, but once the telephone rings, they go out and everything changes."
