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Maui firefighters rescued a 61-year-old Kula fisherman who fell about eight feet off a ledge Sunday at Waianapanapa State Park in East Maui and injured his head.
The incident occurred at 7:50 a.m. and the fire department helicopter airlifted the victim from the rocks and transferred him to paramedics waiting at a nearby landing zone at about 8:45 a.m.
Paramedics transported the fisherman to the Hana Airport where he was transferred to a helicopter and medevaced to Maui Memorial Medical Center in serious condition.
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