Shawn Lewis, 42, a white man who had been living in Wailuku after previously residing in West Maui, was known around the island as “Bigfoot,” a nickname tied to a partially amputated left leg and a stubborn love of the ocean that carried him into the adaptive surfing world. Late on September 15, 2024, the night settled into the kind of quiet that makes headlights feel loud on Honoapiʻilani Highway—until an automated iPhone crash-detection alert pulled dispatchers’ attention to Waikapū,
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