· Off Molokai, Hawaii
Eddie Aikau Lost at Sea
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Legendary Native Hawaiian waterman Eddie Aikau was lost after the voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa capsized; he paddled off on a surfboard to get help for the crew and was never found, inspiring the saying 'Eddie would go.' (Shares Mar 17 with the Refugee Act of 1980.)
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- archive.hokulea.com archive.hokulea.com/holokai/1978/voyage_cancelled.html
- theinertia.com theinertia.com/disruptors/the-death-of-eddie-aikau-eddie-would-go