Lahaina, Hawaii CNN —
Gliding over the ashen remains of Lahaina in Marine One on Monday, President Joe Biden had a question for the lawmakers who’d joined him aboard.
“What’s the average age of the homes?” he asked, peering out the right side windows at the charred remains of the community below.
Taking in the totality of destruction from above has become a routine feature of the presidential visit to a scene of disaster. No other vantage can quite capture the scope of devastation.
Yet Biden came to Maui looking for more than a birds-eye view. It was the people on the ground below – their
