SAO PAULO, Brazil - Ua kū kekahi moku ferryboat e lawe ana he 100 a ʻoi mau ohua me ka moku i hoʻokau ʻia me nā pahu wahie a piholo ʻia i lalo o ka muliwai Amazon ma ka Pōʻahā, i ʻōlelo ʻia e nā luna. Ma ka liʻiliʻi he 10 mau kānaka i make, a he ʻeiwa e nalowale ana a makaʻu i ka make.
Ua pio ka Almirante Monteiro i ka wanaʻao kokoke i ke kūlanakauhale kaʻawale o ʻItacoatiara ma ka moku ulu o Amazonas, i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka mea haʻi ʻōlelo ahi ʻo Lt. Clovis Araujo.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua hoʻopakele ʻia nā poʻe he 92 e kekahi mau moku liʻiliʻi a me ka mākaʻi o ka mokuʻāina lana, kahi moku he 32 kapuaʻi e hele ana i luna a i lalo o ka muliwai a aia ma ia wahi i ka wā i poholo ka moku.
Ua loaʻa hou i nā kime hoʻopakele nā kino o nā keiki ʻehā, ʻelima mau wahine a hoʻokahi kāne, i ʻōlelo ʻo Araujo, a me kahi hōʻoia o ka mea holo o ka moku i hōʻike ʻia he eiwa mau kānaka e nalo ana.
"ʻO nā manawa kūpono o ka loaʻa ʻana iā lākou e ola nei he mamao," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. “E hoʻomau mākou e ʻimi a hiki i ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kino hope.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole ia i ʻike i ka nui o ka poʻe ma ka ʻaʻa, akā "ʻaʻohe mea i ʻeha a ʻaʻole pōʻino ka ʻaʻa."
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā mea i nalowale he poʻe ohua paha e hiamoe ana i loko o nā keʻena i loko o ka moku lāʻau ʻelua papa a ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hele i waho ma mua o ka piholo ʻana o ka moku, i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka mea haʻi ʻōlelo palekana o ka mokuʻāina ʻo Aguinaldo Rodrigues.
"E like me ka hiki iā mākou ke haʻi, ʻo nā mea i koe a pau ke ola o ka poʻe ohua e hiamoe ana i nā hāmaka ma ka papa," i ʻōlelo ʻo Rodrigues.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Rodrigues he kakahiaka nui loa ia e hoʻoholo ai i nā kumu o ka ulia, akā "ʻilihune loa ka ʻike ʻana" i ka manawa o ka hoʻokuʻi ʻana i ka wā o ka mahina mahina e hoʻomaka ana i ka pō Pōʻakolu.
Ua lawe ʻia nā mea i pakele i ke kaona liʻiliʻi o Novo Remanso a ua pale ʻia i ka hale pule kūloko. Lawe ʻia lākou e ka helikopa i ke kapikala o Manaus.
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