Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Search to continue for missing Kauai swimmer Friday
By Star-Advertiser staff
POSTED: 10:09 a.m. HST, Feb 27, 2013
LAST UPDATED: 06:37 a.m. HST, Mar 01, 2013
A search for a missing Kilauea man in waters off Ninini Beach will resume at daylight Friday.
Police have identified the man as Scott Akina, 55, who was reported missing Tuesday.
The air, land and sea search did not turn up a sign of the swimmer Tuesday night, Wednesday and Thursday.
Personnel from the Kauai Fire and Police departments, the Ocean Safety Bureau, the state Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement and the U.S. Coast Guard took part in the search.
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olos73 wrote:
The swimmer is Scott Akina, a mail carrier on Kauai. I still have high hopes he will be found safe. My ALOHA to his ohana.
on February 28,2013 | 08:03AM
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