The Hawaii Worker Who 'Pressed the Wrong Button' Has Been Reassigned The unnamed employee sent a false missile alert to Hawaiian residents on Saturday, causing a wave of panic. “He will still report to work within our Emergency Operations Center, but in a different capacity that does not provide access to the warning system.” The Emergency Management Agency. In a press conference on Saturday, Vern Miyag, the head of Hawaii's Emergency Management Agency, said the worker "feels terrible."<br /> Hawaii Governor David Ige said that "steps have been taken" to improve the alert process and that a false alarm "will never happen again."
