Melaiga Kome
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who drowned and died at Fatu ma Futi this past Monday, Presidents Day, has been identified as 57-year-old Simeona Taiivao from Pavaivai.
An eyewitness who spoke to Samoa News said Taiivao didn't make it, although CPR was performed, in an attempt to save his life....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The student body of Faga'itua High School held a special family service yesterday afternoon in the school gymnasium for 16-year-old Melaiga Kome, who is presumed dead after search and rescue efforts in the waters - and surrounding areas - of Tula village turned up empty...


![Rev. Feagaiga Misi speaking during yesterday’s FHS Vikings family service for FHS student Melaiga Letoe Kome — photographed in a banner hanging in the background — who went missing off the coast of Tula last Thursday evening, and is presumed to have died at sea. [photo: Leua Aiono Frost] Rev. Feagaiga Misi speaking during yesterday’s FHS Vikings family service for FHS student Melaiga Letoe Kome](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/melaiga_kome.jpg?itok=ijVu3Jht)