The Daniel R. Sayre Memorial Foundation"In the memory of one lost life, others have been saved."I decided to rerun the talk story because of the Daniel Sayre Foundation recent gifting for the purchase of two all-terrain vehicles for Hawaii County Fire Dept. for Punaluu Beach and Hapuna Beach State Park so responders have the capability to quickly carry life-saving equipment and supplies to drowning victims and spinal cord injury victims In 1997, 25-year-old Danny Sayre hiked to the back of Pololu Valley on the Big Island, near Kapaloa Falls, to visit the place he called his "cathedral." Tragically, that visit was Danny's last.His devastated parents, Frank Sayre and Laura Mallery-Sayre, could only watch helplessly, as multiple attempts to rescue their son's body from a 500-foot fall to the valley floor below, failed. "That's when three men from the Fire Department volunteered to move forward with the mission, knowing that they were putting their own lives in danger," recalls Laura. "We decided that a memorial fund honoring the Hawaii County Fire Department was the best way to show our gratitude," says Frank. 17 years the community has supported their cause with donations exceeding 1 million dollars, which are used exclusively to purchase rescue equipment required by the Fire Department. In the memory of one lost life, others have been saved is an understatement.On another note... Frank has been my dentist and fellow Detroiter at heart. I spent a great deal of time in his dentist chair and we shared Detroit stories. Frank has many fond memories of time at his grandparents home at Mack and Montcalm in Detroit. His Grandfather was a dentist with his office in the David Whitney Bldg. He shares some of those stories in our talk story.

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