The Hawaii Worker Who 'Pressed the Wrong Button' Has Been Reassigned The unnamed employee sent a false missile alert to Hawaiian residents on Saturday, causing a wave of panic. “He will still report to work within our Emergency Operations Center, but in a different capacity that does not provide access to the warning system.” The Emergency Management Agency. In a press conference on Saturday, Vern Miyag, the head of Hawaii's Emergency Management Agency, said the worker "feels terrible."
Hawaii Governor David Ige said that "steps have been taken" to improve the alert process and that a false alarm "will never happen again."