Ehime Maru dead remembered
A Japanese fisheries training school in Uwajima in Ehime prefecture held a memorial service Friday marking the 11th anniversary of a 2001 collision between its training boat and a nuclear submarine off Hawaii that claimed the lives of nine aboard, Kyodo news reported.
At Uwajima Fisheries High School about 270 people, including students and relatives of the victims, observed a moment of silence at 8:43 a.m., the exact time when the Pearl Harbor-based USS Greeneville collided with the Ehime Maru. A bell retrieved from the sunken boat tolled nine times for the nine victims — four 17-year-old students, two teachers and three crewmen.
”It was a sad event we don’t want to recall, but we should not forget it,” said school Principal Kanji Nogami during the service at the school gymnasium, the Japanese news service reported.
ATM set ablaze in theft attempt
Two men apparently started a fire Friday morning while trying to steal an ATM by using a torch in Kapaa, Kauai.
Officers responded to a report that the ATM at the Kauai Products Fair appeared to have been cut out with a torch at 2:17 a.m., police said. They found the ATM on fire and put it out.
No surrounding structures were damaged. A witness told police that he saw two men leave the area in a vehicle. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 241-1887.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Kahoolawe waters to open
Waters within two miles of Kahoolawe will be open to trolling Feb. 18-19 and 25-26, the Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission announced. Vessels must be registered with the commission and file a catch report. A $25 permit fee applies. Contact Dean Tokishi at 243-5889 or dtokishi@kirc.hawaii.gov, or visit kahoolawe.hawaii.gov.
Hiker suffers heart attack
Kauai County lifeguards revived a male hiker Thursday after he suffered an apparent heart attack on the Kalalau Trail.
The man, 61, had begun his hike at 9 a.m. when he called for help. Three lifeguards escorted him back to the trail head, where the man went into cardiac arrest.
Lifeguards revived him with a shock from a portable defibrillator. The man regained consciousness and appeared to be in fair condition, the county said. He was taken to Wilcox Hospital.
