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A 55-year-old man found unresponsive in waters off Makapuu Beach Park was taken in critical condition to a trauma center Monday, according to the Honolulu Emergency Services Department.
Good Samaritans teamed up with Ocean Safety lifeguards to bring the man to shore after he was reported in trouble at noon Monday, according to Shayne Enright, a spokeswoman for the department.
Honolulu Emergency Medical Services treated him with advanced life support, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and took him to the hospital.
3 divers rescued from Hanauma Bay
Lifeguards rescued three scuba divers who had gone missing shortly after noon Monday in the Witches Brew area of Hanauma Bay, the Honolulu Emergency Services Department reported.
Ocean Safety personnel rescued the divers — two women and a man — while the Honolulu Fire Department secured the divers’ boat and took care of a woman who was on board.
Firefighters were alerted at 12:26 p.m. to the missing divers and responded with a rescue watercraft, boat and other equipment, according to Capt. Scot Seguirant of the Honolulu Fire Department. By 1:15 p.m. all three divers were accounted for and safely on shore, he said.