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9 hikers rescued from rising stream on Kauai
By Star-Advertiser staff
POSTED: 11:04 a.m. HST, Jul 22, 2012
Kauai fire rescue personnel rescued nine hikers stranded by a rising stream in Kapahi this afternoon.
According to a Kauai Fire Department release, the hikers were walking along Makaleha Stream when the became stranded by rapidly rising waters.
KFD rescue workers arrived at the scene around 3 p.m. and airlifted the hikers, in five trips, to the trailhead at the end of Kahuna Road.
No injuries were reported.
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manakuke wrote:
Unexpected flood waters are treacherous!
on July 22,2012 | 06:09AM
cojef wrote:
Do the rescued pay for the service, or the taxpayers?
on July 22,2012 | 08:11AM
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