Letter: Eddie Aikau deserves honor of holiday, statue
The great Eddie Aikau deserves a statue and a holiday commemorating this great Hawaiian man’s accomplishments. Aikau was the first and best lifeguard at Waimea Bay.
Aikau saved hundreds upon hundreds of lives and gave them a second chance at life. King Kamehameha killed his own kind and sacrificed them, yet we have a statue and holiday honoring this brutal paganistic man.
Aikau is the greatest Hawaiian I know, for he gave hundreds of people a second chance. The “Eddie Would Go” sticker does not do Aikau justice. Eddie Aikau did go. Politicians need to wake up for the great Eddie Aikau and give him a statue and a holiday. Enough said, case closed.
Dean Nagasako
Kamuela, Hawaii island
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