Kahalailani Kanos and Kalina Jones study a collage of pictures of flood victims during Sunday's memorial service.
PRINCEVILLE — Tears were shed and hugs were given and received Sunday at a service to remember the seven who were spirited away in last week's dam break on the North Shore.
Friends of Daniel Arroyo and Christina "Sunny" Macness, — who were to be married on Saturday — gathered at a church in Princeville.
Millicent Cummings of Kilauea arranged the nondenominational get-together at the Church of the Pacific. She pointed out that it was an informal way for friends to come together as a family to heal and to hear music.
"A lot of us are close to the people who passed away, and we are all suffering," she said.
She noted that the get-together was an opportunity for people to talk story, and to get whatever they needed to say off their chests.
About 200 people were at the casual gathering...
Thomas Day of Kilauea was at the church with his family to show solidarity with the community.
