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Ocean Safety, HFD personnel rescue 5 from submerged canoe off Diamond Head

Emergency crews rescued five people this morning after their canoe became submerged about half-a-mile off of Diamond Head, authorities said.

Honolulu Ocean Safety and Honolulu Fire Department personnel responded to the incident at about 9:09 a.m., bringing the five people from the canoe to the Ala Wai Boat Harbor, according to Emergency Medical Services officials.

First-responders treated two of the five people, who both declined to be taken to a hospital.

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