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Massive search continues for 2 teens missing off Oahu’s North Shore

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                                Samantha Chun, left, Joseph Fujioka.
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Samantha Chun, left, Joseph Fujioka.

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                                HFD’s Air One takes off from Pupukea fire station today during the continuing search for two missing teens.
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HFD’s Air One takes off from Pupukea fire station today during the continuing search for two missing teens.

COURTESY PHOTO / CRIMESTOPPERS
                                Samantha Chun, left, Joseph Fujioka.
JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                HFD’s Air One takes off from Pupukea fire station today during the continuing search for two missing teens.

Honolulu Ocean Safety, along with the Honolulu Fire Department and the U.S. Coast Guard. continued searching for two missing teens today on Oahu’s North Shore on Ke Iki Beach near Sharks Cove, according to the Honolulu Emergency Services Department.

Ocean Safety had a total of five Jet Ski crews, lifeguards on ATV and mobile lieutenants searching throughout the day and will resume the search at first light tomorrow.

According to authorities, waves had estimated 40-foot faces on Friday night and roughly 18-foot faces during Saturday’s search. The surf is expected to decline overnight ahead of tomorrow’s search.

The teens were identified in a separate news release as Samantha Chun, 17, 5-foot-3, 125 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes, and Joseph Fujioka, 18, 5-foot-10, 180 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. CrimeStoppers and the Honolulu Police Department are seeking the public’s assistance in locating them.

They were last seen at a Mililani area convenience store purchasing items on Friday at about 9:54 p.m., according to CrimeStoppers. Family members later found their personal belongings at Ke iki Beach on Saturday morning.

CrimeStoppers is asking anyone with information to call 808-955-8300 or send anonymous web tips to honolulucrimestoppers.org or via the P3 Tips app.

U.S. Coast Guard officials said earlier in a news release that the man’s mother reported them missing at 10:45 a.m. Saturday after they didn’t return home.

Belongings of both teens were found onshore, according to the Honolulu Emergency Services Department.

According to authorities, waves had estimated 40-foot faces on Friday night and roughly 18-foot faces during Saturday’s search.

The Coast Guard reported that searchers were facing winds of 12-to-15 mph and “poor visibility” near the shore.

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