Hawaii Missile Alert Caused By Employee Error

Hawaii Governor David Ige said Saturday that the ballistic missile warning earlier that day was an accident. He told CNN, "It was a mistake made during a standard procedure at the change over of a shift, and an employee pushed the wrong button." The false alarm was blasted to all residents of the state around 8 a.m. local time through their cellphones and on television and radio networks. The warning directed residents to seek immediate shelter and warned "THIS IS NOT A DRILL.