Firefighters rescue dog that fell off paddleboard at Kaneohe Bay
Honolulu firefighters on Wednesday evening airlifted a dog that fell off a paddleboard at Kaneohe Bay.
The Honolulu Fire Department received a 911 call at 5:45 p.m. for a distressed paddleboarder and dog offshore from 44-585 Kaneohe Bay Drive near the Kaneohe Yacht Club.
A total of five HFD units with 18 personnel responded, with the first arriving at 5:55 p.m.
HFD’s Air 1 helicopter located the paddleboarder, who reported that he was not in distress, but that he was looking for a dog, a tan-colored Chow Chow that fell off his board about 15 minutes before the 911 call somewhere between Coconut Island and the Kaneohe Yacht Club.
Following a search pattern, Air 1 found the distressed dog and airlifted it to the landing zone at Kokokahi YWCA by 6:25 p.m.
No injuries were reported.
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