‘I believe my brother died a hero’: Woman says brother died trying to save others in Maui wildfires

A woman in South Carolina believes her brother was killed in the devastating wildfires that swept through the island of Maui late last week.

/Gray News) – A woman in South Carolina said she believes her brother was killed in the devastating wildfires that swept through the island of Maui late last week.

“He helped an elderly woman to escape, and she is the one who verified what happened,” Schilling explained, adding that she didn’t talk to the rescued woman directly. The last message Schilling said her brother sent said he had the seniors in his apartment and he was trying to keep the smoke out.

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