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Emergency personnel respond to call for ailing man on sailboat in Makua Bay

William Cole

The Honolulu Fire Department and Ocean Safety personnel responded around 1 p.m. today to a call for a 61-year-old male complaining of abdominal pain aboard a sailboat anchored about 200 feet from shore in Makua Bay, an official said.

Ocean Safety sent a jet ski out and HFD dispatched its own watercraft. The man was breathing and conscious, a fire official said.

No other details were immediately available.

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