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San Diego hiker rescued on Kauai trail

STAR-ADVERTISER / FEB. 22, 2013
In this Feb. 22, 2013 file photo, 54 hikers were trapped by a flash flood in the Hanakapiai Valley overnight. Kauai police closed the road.

Kauai firefighters rescued a 30-year-old visitor from San Diego who was injured while hiking in Hanakapiai on Monday.

The man was unable to continue after suffering an ankle injury.

Firefighters placed the man in a Stokes litter and airlifted him and his wife to Kee Beach, where the couple had left their rental car.

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