Shawn arrived late in the afternoon, and he took a smaller plane from Honolulu Intl. to our local airstrip on Moloka'i. I took a cab to the airport, and waited for him. Once he got off the plane, I was waiting to give him another of our tight man-hugs. He wasn't much of a sentimental guy, but having been through so much, and apart for a while, it was just natural. He and I had been through a lot together, that's for sure.

We took a cab back to the dock, and I showed him his bunk. He tossed his suitcase in, and then we went to see Howard. He...