POSTED: 06:50 p.m. HST, Nov 18, 2012
LAST UPDATED: 06:44 a.m. HST, Nov 19, 2012
Ocean Safety personnel assisted a swimmer in distress at Waimea Bay around 5:15 p.m. Sunday.
Lifeguards responded after the 14-year-old girl swallowed water and needed help getting out of the water.
The girl was conscious and breathing, but was transported by paramedics to a nearby hospital as a precautionary measure.