Fans of the television show “Lost” got a surprise treat Thursday during a joint meeting with the Hawaii delegation to the Democratic National Convention.

Daniel Dae Kim, who plays Jin on the popular show, found himself at breakfast with the Hawaiian group. “Lost” is filmed in Hawaii.

“We’re going from the state of our last great president to the state of our next great president,” said Kim. Barack Obama is a Hawaii native.

“So I think there’s a bit of history in this room right now and I’m glad to be a part of it,” he added.

He was accompanied by Kelly Hu, an actress and former Miss Hawaii. Hu starred as Lady Deathstrike in X2, the sequel to the X-Men movie. She was also in the movie “The Scorpion King.”

Hu said she and Kim took a red-eye flight from Hawaii to Denver overnight Thursday. They were in town for Obama’s acceptance speech tonight at Invesco Field.

Obama’s sister is scheduled to speak at the joint delegation meeting.

Arkansas, Hawaii, and Delaware delegations are all staying in the same hotel.

Rep. Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawaii, noted the unique grouping: Bill Clinton was born in Arkansas, Obama in Hawaii and Joe Biden, the vice presidential nominee, is a senator from Delaware.

“Isn’t this a great day where we can put Arkansas and Delaware and Hawaii together, this day was destined to happen,: Abercrombie said.

He added an aside to the group from Arkansas: “Who would have believed that Bill Clinton was going to come out of Arkansas and win not only the first time but kick $#! the second time?”

Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Daniel Dae Kim, Hawaii, Kelly Hu

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