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The Honolulu Fire Department rescued a lacking hiker on the Lanipo Trail in Kaimuki Monday.
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Rescuers rappelled down a steep mountain slope in Hawaii Monday and airlifted a lacking hiker discovered almost 200 ft beneath the path to security after her barking canine caught the eye of bystanders.
A hiker on the Lanipo Trail in Kaimuki known as 911 Monday, saying an unaccompanied canine was barking on the fringe of a steep slope deep into the path, the Honolulu Fire Department stated.
Rescue crews have been shortly dispatched, together with seventeen responders from the fireplace division, some in an plane above the path and others on foot beneath.
Responders within the plane noticed the canine, prompting a lone rescuer to rappel about 20 ft down the slope to retrieve it. While airlifting the canine to a touchdown zone within the park, the pilot observed an object about 70 ft beneath the place the canine was discovered.
After getting the canine to security, the identical rescuer rappelled right down to retrieve the merchandise and found a bag stuffed with private gadgets.
Meanwhile, responders on the bottom who have been caring for the canine discovered a reputation and speak to data for its house owners on its collar. When cellphone calls to the proprietor went unanswered, the Honolulu Police Department carried out a wellness verify at their handle and located nobody home, the fireplace division stated.
Responders confirmed that the proprietor’s automotive was parked on the trailhead and launched “an extensive and coordinated search by air and ground.”
They discovered the proprietor, a 35-year-old lady, beneath thick foliage about 100 ft beneath the place the bag was discovered, the fireplace division stated.
Responders supplied basic life assist therapy earlier than getting the hiker right into a rescue stretcher and airlifting her to security about three hours after the preliminary 911 name got here in.
CNN has reached out to Honolulu Emergency Medical Services for extra details about the situation of the rescued hiker.
