A Canadian couple, who saved up to travel to Maui for a year, just returned this weekend after their honeymoon turned into a harrowing experience as wind-driven wildfires incinerated Lahaina and spots like Cheeseburger Paradise and the massive banyan tree now memorialized in their wedding anniversary album.
Yolanna Zlotnik, 30, and her husband Matt Barnsley, 32, sit touching on their couch in Ladner, B.C., about 25 kilometres south of Vancouver, fighting tears at the thought of all that’s now gone. They say they’re speaking out to raise awareness of what’s happened to people in Maui and are joining a growing chorus asking tourists to stay
