False ballistic missile alarm forces Hawaii into panic mode

Hawaii's emergency management agency is now receiving death threats after Saturday's terrifying false alarm. An employee at the agency pushed the wrong button and mistakenly sent out a mass alert telling people a ballistic missile was headed for the state. CBS News correspondent David Begnaud takes CBSN through the latest from Honolulu.

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[kjvwarrior]

This accident was actually a good thing, it shows we aren't ready.

[alexmorris]

I'm shocked there were no suicides

[wyattwilson]

"What idiot designed this thing?"
"You did, Sir."
"Fair enough, Wilson, fire someone."

[JoseGarcia-vqgn]

There will be a lot of babies born 9 months from now in Hawaii.

[slurples]

I can't believe I slept through this, i was so confused when i woke up 2 hours later before all the chaos

[lardenfriund]

There’s probably someone still in there nuclear bunker...

[vladfather]

Imagine if this guy was trying to get fired and he still didn't :`D

[staticbuilds]

This showed 2 things.
1: no one is prepared as many tired to flee and got stuck in traffic and others just did nothing
2: there needs to be more fail safes in place for false alarms and warning systems in general to stop hysteria

[adjmoo]

Being a hawaiian resident myself, this was stinking scary! Me and my family got into the car to go to s shelter but turns out there is no open shelters so we just had to hide in our bathroom. Scary day

[marktprodicus]

can you imagine if this happened in LA?

[yackawaytube]

Actually, we now know that the guy who hit the "wrong button" didn't think he made a mistake. He actually thought it was a real attack because he was told "this is not a drill".

[warlordofvideogameglitches]

I wonder if it does it again will the people of Hawaii ignore it?

[EdwiN]

8:07: *BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.*

8:45: nvm lmao

[gerykelf]

Call me a conspiracist, but I think it was a test to see how the public reacts and what problems needs to be adressed in case of the real thing.

[MrHistory]

As a Hawaiian I forgot this happened because 2020 is such a bad year I remember that day it was such a chaotic morning

[hebneh]

This was a very unsettling and scary thing to wake up to, but when the emergency sirens didn’t sound, I knew it had to be a false alarm - so my fear didn’t last long.

[madsciontist_]

Can't believe this was 4 years ago.

[xxcrackassxx]

I would love to time travel to Hawaii during this. Just to bask in the chaos

[stagger]

5500 people called 911? What are the cops going to do? Shoot it?

[vootamu]

Yet, no emergency alarms went off for the Maui fire.