https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ha ... rm-n941081A Hawaii man claims the false ballistic missile alert earlier this year caused him to suffer a heart attack, according to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday.
The botched alert was sent to cellphones on Jan. 13, claiming a missile was headed toward Hawaii, causing mass panic. It took the state 38 minutes to correct its mistake.
James Sean Shields and Brenda Reichel, who are both listed as plaintiffs in the complaint, were living in the Hawaii Kai neighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii, in January, when they got the alert that read,
"Ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii. Seek immediate shelter. This is not a drill."