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This Is Not a Drill: Hawaii's Text Message Debacle [from Very Special Episodes]
11 April - 54 mins
Podcast Series
Noble Blood
On a quiet morning in Hawaii in 2018, cell phones lit up with a text message that felt impossible. A ballistic missile was inbound, and this was not a drill. For 38 minutes, hundreds of thousands of people believed they were living their final moments. For Very Special Episodes, Dana tells the story of what happens when ordinary folks are forced to confront the end of everything, all at once.
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