The resignations of agency Administrator Vern Miyagi and his No. 2, executive officer Toby Clairmont, were accompanied by the firing of the warning-system officer who admitted to mistakenly issuing the alert and suspension procedures against a mid-level manager at the agency.
(Reporting y Steve Gorman in Los Angeles; Editing by Sandra Maler)Hawaii's top two civil defense officials resign over false missile alert
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