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Firefighters rescue injured woman near Koko Crater arch

2017 JULY 29 CTY - HSA PHOTO BY BRUCE ASATO   basato@staradvertiser.com 
Friends and family of the victims of the small plane crash in Makakilo  watch as HFD's Fire/Rescue helicopter takes off to retrieve another victim from the crash site and return them to the HFD helicopter staging area in Kunia,  Saturday, July 29, 2017.
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2017 JULY 29 CTY - HSA PHOTO BY BRUCE ASATO basato@staradvertiser.com Friends and family of the victims of the small plane crash in Makakilo watch as HFD's Fire/Rescue helicopter takes off to retrieve another victim from the crash site and return them to the HFD helicopter staging area in Kunia, Saturday, July 29, 2017.

Honolulu firefighters rescued a woman who suffered an injury while hiking near the Koko Crater arch in East Oahu today.

Firefighters responded to a 911 call of an injured hiker in her 60s near the arch, inland of Halona Blowhole, at about 8:15 a.m.

Crews found the woman and took her via the fire department’s Air 1 helicopter to a nearby landing zone, the Honolulu Fire Department said.

Honolulu Medical Services personnel treated her at the landing zone.

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