Loaʻa iā ia ka mekala kupanaha āna i nalo ai ma ke kai, he makana ia mai kona makuahine i make

E nānā i kahi nila i kahi kaʻu. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī. He kanaka ʻAmelika he 46 ona makahiki, Gerard Marino, ua lilo kamekala kupaianaha'āna i kau mau ai i kona ʻāʻī i ka wā hoʻomaha kāna wahine ʻo Katie a me kā lāua mau kaikamahine ʻelima ma ke kahakai Naples, ma Hawaii, i loko ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.

E like me ka mea i haʻi ʻia e ka ʻAmelika, he makana ka makana mai ka makuahine. Ua hoʻolaʻa nā mākua i ka ʻO Madonna delle Grazie a hoʻolaʻa lākou i ko lākou pilina iā ia ke noho pū lākou. Me ka hōʻea ʻana o 17 mau keiki, ua hana hou lākou i ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana o ka ʻohana i kā mākou Lede o ka Mīkini Mīkini. ʻO Gerard ke keiki 15 a kapa ʻia i ka hanohano o São Geraldo.

He ʻumi mau makahiki i hala aku nei ua nalo ʻo Gerard i kāna mekala i ka wā e ʻauʻau ana i ke kai akā ua loaʻa i kekahi o kāna kaikamahine kāna ʻāpana i ke one. I ʻelima mau makahiki ma hope mai, ʻoiai e kokoke ana ʻo ia e lawe i kāna kelepona paʻalima e paʻi kiʻi i kahi dolphin, ua haki ke kaulahao a, hou, nalowale ka mekala i loko o ka wai. Ua huhū loa ʻo Gerard no ka mea ua make koke kona makuahine a he mea hoʻomanaʻo ia mea.

ʻOiai ʻo ia ka hopena pule, ua launa pū ka ʻAmelika mai kahi kāne i loaʻa kahi mea ʻike kila, e noi ana i kāna kōkua.

ʻOiai ke kāne a me Gerard e ʻimi nei i ka mekala me ke kōkua o nā pono hana, ua hele ʻo Katie a me kāna mau kaikamahine i kahi nui a pule i ke Akua e loaʻa iā Gerard ka mekala. "Ua pule nui kaʻu kaikamahine muli loa i kā mākou Lede," wahi a Katie.

Ma mua o ʻehā mau hola ma hope o kona nalowale ʻana, ua puka hou ka mekala. “Ua ʻike au iā ia e kū ana, kukuli a huki iā ia mai ka wai. Ua kaumaha loa ʻo ia me ka naʻau, ”i hoʻomanaʻo ai kāna wahine.

"He mea nui loa ia no kaʻu mau keiki e ʻike maka ai i ka mana o ka pule a me ke ʻano o ke Akua a me ko mākou Makuwahine Pōmaikaʻi i loko o nā kikoʻī liʻiliʻi o ko mākou ola o kēlā me kēia lā," wahi a Katie.

Ua ʻākoakoa nā kānaka āpau ma kahakai a pule i ka pule hoʻomaikaʻi i ke Akua.