Nainoa Thompson and his wife, Kathy Muneno, shared a laugh yesterday with Myra Aikau, middle, during the Third Annual Eddie Aikau Essay Writing Contest ceremony held at the Elks Club in Waikiki. Three decades ago this day, from a sinking Hokule'a, Aikau paddled out into the Molokai Channel looking for help.
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