Worker opens up after sending false missile alert: ‘I did what I was trained to do’

(KOHN)- For the first time, the fired state worker who sent a false missile alert is speaking out.
On Saturday, Jan. 13, at 8:07 a.m., a Hawaii Emergency Management Agency employee mistakenly sent a statewide emergency alert to cell phones that read: “Ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii. Seek immediate shelter. This is not a drill.”
The alert created widespread panic, and a follow-up alert wasn’t sent until 38 minutes later: “There is no missile threat or danger to