KAUAI, AND MADE A DARING RESCUE
GINA MANGIERI HAS THE STORY OF
SUNDAY'S OTHER MIRACLE.
WITH HER SON KADYN ON A TRIP TO
MAUI WITH HIS DAD, MOM KLARISSE
NOBRIGA ON KAUAI CALLS HIM
DAILY. SATURDAY NIGHT THERE WAS
NO ANSWER. THE NEXT CALL SHE GOT
MADE HER HEART SINK
KLARISSE NOBRIGA-"HE WAS WITH
THE DAD AT A HOUSE THAT WAS A
FAMILY FRIENDS. THEY WERE JUST
HANGING OUT THERE AND THE FATHER
I GUESS TURNED AROUND TO GRAB
SOMETHING, HAND SOMETHING TO
SOMEBODY, AND WHEN HE TURNED
BACK KADYN WAS GONE"
GONE IN A LUSH AND REMOTE AREA
OF KAHAKULOA, WEST MAUI
KLARISSE-"WHEN I GOT THAT CALL
MY WHOLE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE
DOWN, I COULDN'T GO TO A PLANE,
I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING, ALL I
COULD DO WAS WAIT FOR THE CALLS"
SHE COULDN'T UP-AND-GO LOOK,
TOO. FLIGHTS WERE CANCELED FOR
THE APPROACHING HURRICANE
KLARISSE-"SO I FRANTICALLY WENT
ONLINE POSTED TO ALL MY MAUI
FRIENDS, ASKED ANYONE I KNEW UP
THERE TO HELP ME FIND HIM."
AND HELP THEY DID. WITHIN AN
HOUR OF DAYLIGHT, NEARLY 80
PEOPLE -- STRANGERS ON ANOTHER
FIND KADYN. AMONG THEM, TEENAGER
JUSTIN GUSMAN-"THE THOUGHT THAT
WAS GOING THROUGH MY HEAD, ME
AND MY MOM WAS BOTH REALLY
DETERMINED TO FIND THE BOY
BEFORE THE HURRICANE HIT"
KLARISSE-"TO HEAR THAT ALL THESE
WAILUKU FAMILIES, THEY WENT OUT,
THEY STOPPED WHAT THEY WERE
DOING AND THEY WENT OUT THERE
AND LOOKED FOR HIM, EVEN THOUGH
THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN PREPARING
TO SECURE THEIR HOUSING AND
EVERYTHING, THEY
WENT OUT THERE."
KAYDN HAS AUTISM, RARELY SPEAKS,
KLARISSE-"I WAS THINKING OH MY
GOSH, KADYN MUST HAVE GONE OFF
THE CLIFF, AND IF HE SEES THAT
WATER HE'S GONNA GO FOR IT.
KADYN IS NOT SCARED OF ANYTHING.
HE'S A CLIMBER, HE'S LIKE ANY
TYPICAL BOY, THEY FEAR NO
DANGER."
THE SEARCH PARTY REACHED OUT FOR
HELP AND CLUES SPECIFIC TO
FINDING A CHILD WITH AUTISM,
EVEN GETTING A CHILD SPECIALIST
ON THE LINE.
CHRISTY-"THEY ALSO TOLD US THESE
CHILDREN I GUESS THERE'S BEEN
STUDIES WHERE THEY NORMALLY
TRAVEL DOWNHILL, THEY TRAVEL
TOWARD THE SOUND OF WATER, SO
THERE WAS A LOT OF KEY THINGS
COULD RELAY TO THE TEAM THAT WAS
SEARCHING."
KADYN WILL CRY OR SCREAM IF IN
DANGER. AND THANKFULLY HE DID.
SEARCHERS FOLLOWED THE CRIES TO
AN AREA HALF A MILE FROM THE
HOME TOWARD 10-MILE BEACH.
JUSTIN AND HIS SEARCH PARTNER
FACED AN UPHILL AND DOWNHILL
THE VALLEY THAT HE WAS IN AND ME
AND HIM WALKED UP A LITTLE BIT
AND SAID THERE'S NO WAY WE'RE
DOING THIS FROM THE BOTTOM, WE
HAVE TO FIND THE VALLEY FROM THE
TOP. WE STARTED WORKING OUR WAY
DOWN. PROBABLY 15 20 MINUTES
INTO WALKING WE COULD HEAR HIS
CRY GETTING LOUDER, WE WERE
GETTING CLOSER, AND WHERE HE WAS
THERE WAS A 10-15 FOOT
DROP."
THEY TIED A ROPE TO A STURDY
TREE AND RAPPELLED DOWN, THEN
HAD TO CAREFULLY APPROACH A
YOUNG BOY WHO DOESN'T TALK TO
ANYONE
UNLESS HE KNOWS THEM WELL.
JUSTIN-"ME AND BRANDON WERE KIND
OF JUST SWEET TALKING TO HIM,
TELLING HIM THAT WE WERE HERE,
WE'RE HERE TO SAVE YOU AND THEN
AS SOON AS WE GOT CLOSE ENOUGH
TO REACH HIM WE JUST GRABBED HIM
AND HELD HIM. WE WENT BACK UP
THE ROPE, WE TIED HIM OFF, WE
GOT HIM UP ABOVE THE CLIFF ."
FROM THERE THE SEARCHERS UP
ABOVE CRADLED KADYN OUT OF THE
FOREST AND INTO AN AMBULANCE
KLARISSE-"NO MAJOR INJURIES JUST
A FEW SCRATCHES HERE AND THERE.
I CALL HIM MY MIRACLE CHILD, ALL
THESE MIRACLES IS HAPPENING,
IT'S
THE BEST THING TO HEAR, THE
SAFE, IT'S ALL THAT MATTERS
RIGHT NOW."
GINA MANGIERI KHON2 NEWS WORKING
FOR HAWAII
JOE:
UP NEXT..THE ATTORNEY OF THE MAN
ACCUSED OF STABBING A