Previously suspended search for stranded Nuuanu hiker ends in rescue
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Honolulu firefighter crews rescued a distressed hiker in Nuuanu Saturday morning.
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HFD received a call Friday shortly before 8 p.m. about a stranded hiker in distress on the Kapalama Trail.
The man, reportedly in his 20s, was hiking alone around 2:30 p.m. when he slid about 20 feet and ended up on a steep hillside.
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Rescue crews attempted to locate him, but poor visibility and hazardous trail conditions prompted them to suspend the search overnight.
Crews found the uninjured hiker shortly before 7 a.m. Saturday and airlifted him to a nearby landing zone.
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