Man airlifted from ship is recovering
A 76-year-old man airlifted off a cruise ship by the Coast Guard was recovering Wednesday at a hospital on Oahu.
Coast Guard spokesman Lt. Scott Carr said the man was in stable condition Wednesday morning at the Queen’s Medical Center.
The Coast Guard said ship doctors aboard the Carnival Miracle were treating the man for internal bleeding and called for help about 4:20 p.m. Sunday. The Coast Guard maintained communication with the ship about the patient’s status.
When the man’s condition worsened on Tuesday, a Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircraft crew flew 400 miles to transport 10 units of blood from Tripler Army Medical Center to the man. The crew dropped the blood by parachute.
But the patient’s condition continued to worsen, and a Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew flew to the ship, which was about 80 miles north of Oahu. The crew hoisted the man from the cruise ship at about 9 p.m. Tuesday.
The man was transferred to paramedics at Honolulu Airport, and paramedics took him to Queen’s about 10:15 p.m.
The ship, which departed from Vancouver, British Columbia, was en route to Nawiliwili, Kauai.
Electronics gear accepted for recycling
Pacific Corporate Solutions is partnering with Central Union Church to hold a Free Unlimited E-Waste Event on Saturday and will accept for recycling outdated electronics waste to keep it out of the landfill.
This one-day-only event will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the church, 1600 S. Beretania St. Call 488-8870 for more electronic waste disposal options if you cannot make it.
The public and commercial businesses may drop off computers, monitors, laptops, printers, fax machines, servers and telecom equipment in the parking lot along Punahou Street; there are no quantity limits.
No TVs, alkaline batteries or microwave devices will be accepted.
On Sunday from 10:20 to 11:20 a.m., Central Union Church will be hosting an Energy Conservation Workshop with Helen P. Wai in the women’s building.
1 arrested after dog helps halt truck break-in
An alert dog is credited with stopping a truck break-in in Kailua-Kona on Sunday.
Joshua Leiataua, 23, of Kailua-Kona was arrested and later charged with unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle and drug offenses.
Hawaii County police said a 39-year-old Kailua-Kona man heard his dog barking on Sunday at his business on Alapa Street and saw two men in the bed of his pickup truck, rummaging through a tool box. When he approached them, the men fled on foot, taking a case containing a drill.
He also reported coins missing from the truck and a sport utility vehicle next to it.
Police responded and, with the help of witnesses, identified a suspect and arrested him on Ehu Street at 4:13 p.m.
Police said they searched Leiataua’s backpack and found crystal methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.
Bail was set at $40,000.
Police continue to search for the second suspect in the case.
Mechanical problems close pool on Kauai
Starting Monday, the Waimea swimming pool will be closed because of mechanical problems with the pump and motor, according to a Kauai County news release.
New components have been ordered and will be installed as soon as possible, the news release said.
The pool will reopen when the problems have been resolved.
Anyone with questions can call the Department of Parks and Recreation at 241-4460.
