GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Levi Lilly was left fearing for his life on Saturday after waking up to a frightening alert of an incoming ballistic missile.
The Grand Rapids native said he thought his life was over when he woke up to the emergency text message that read, “BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.”
“It was a full-blown state of panic,” he said.
Videos have been shared showing people running on a school campus and a man putting a girl in a manhole after the alert was sent.
“I read the words ‘Ballistic Missile inbound.’ I thought I was still dreaming,” said Lilly. “I thought it was some kind of nightmare and instantly when I realized I was awake, my heart stopped.”
Despite the uncertainty he and his neighbors were facing, there was an incredible amount of silence on his street in Lahaina in West Maui.
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