Emily T Gail Talk Story

The Daniel R. Sayre Memorial Foundation"In the memory of one lost life, others have been saved."I decided to rerun the talk story because of the Daniel Sayre Foundation recent gifting for the purchase of two all-terrain vehicles for Hawaii County Fire Dept. for Punaluu Beach and Hapuna Beach State Park so responders have the capability to quickly carry life-saving equipment and supplies to drowning victims and spinal cord injury victims In 1997, 25-year-old Danny Sayre hiked to the back of Pololu Valley on the Big Island, near Kapaloa Falls, to visit the place he called his "cathedral." Tragically, that visit was Danny's last.His devastated parents, Frank Sayre and Laura Mallery-Sayre, could only watch helplessly, as multiple attempts to rescue their son's body from a 500-foot fall to the valley floor below, failed. "That's when three men from the Fire Department volunteered to move forward with the mission, knowing that they were putting their own lives in danger," recalls Laura. "We decided that a memorial