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HFD recovers body during search for missing hiker at Makapuu

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                                Makapuu Lighthouse Trail. The Honolulu Fire Department resumed its search at 5 a.m. Monday for a teen boy reported missing Sunday night at the Makapuu Lighthouse Trail.

NINA WU/NWU@STARADVERTISER.COM

Makapuu Lighthouse Trail. The Honolulu Fire Department resumed its search at 5 a.m. Monday for a teen boy reported missing Sunday night at the Makapuu Lighthouse Trail.

UPDATE: 4 p.m.

The Honolulu Fire Department says it recovered a body on Makapuu Cliffs at about 8:17 a.m. Monday after a 17-year-old boy was reported missing Sunday night at the Makapuu Lighthouse Trail.

Firefighters were rappelling down the beach side of the cliffs when they located the body using more than 300 feet of rope.

HFD’s Air 1 helicopter airlifted the body to a nearby landing zone at 9:05 am., where custody was given to the Honolulu Police Department.

No injuries were reported among HFD personnel.

EARLIER TODAY

The Honolulu Fire Department resumed its search at 5 a.m. Monday for a teen boy reported missing Sunday night at the Makapuu Lighthouse Trail.

HFD received a 911 call at 8:03 p.m. Sunday reporting a missing 17-year-old hiker.

The teen’s last known location was on the Makapuu Lighthouse Trail, a mile-long, paved roadway leading to a lookout above the historic Makapuu lighthouse.

Six units with 17 personnel responded.

The first arrived on scene at about 8:20 p.m. and established command. Firefighters conducted a search by land and air, which was suspended Sunday night at 11:10 p.m.

The gates to the entrance of the Makapuu Lighthouse Trail open at 7 a.m. and close at 7:45 p.m. during summer months.