Posted on 4:19 pm, Tuesday, January 8, 2013. Tags: drowning, kehena beach, police, puna, swimmer
Police have identified a swimmer who was reported missing while swimming at a popular Puna beach. Eric T. Dietz, 29, who has no permanent address, was last seen in the waters off Kehena Beach in Lower Puna shortly before 2:40 p.m. Sunday (January 6). He apparently was experiencing difficulties in returning to shore amid the […]
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Posted on 8:05 pm, Sunday, July 10, 2011. Tags: puna, rescue, swimmer
Fire/rescue crews responded to a 3:34 p.m. alarm Sunday (July 10) to a 22 year-old man floating face-down 100 meters offshore from Paradise Drive in Hawaiian Paradise Park in Puna. Witnesses on the scene report that the man fell off a cliff and was trying to climb out when a wave knocked him back into […]
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Posted on 7:12 pm, Saturday, April 10, 2010. Tags: missing, swimmer, wailuku river
After another day of fruitless searching for missing swimmer Ryan Ritzel, the Fire Department now plans to halt full-time efforts.
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Posted on 6:00 pm, Tuesday, January 27, 2009. Tags: beach, honolii, near drowning, swimmer
View Larger Map Fire/Rescue responded to a 10:45 a.m. alarm to Honolii Beach Park for a swimmer in distress. Upon arrival crews found lifeguards performing CPR on a woman, about 30 years-old, on the beach. Medics took over CPR and utilized an automatic external defibrillator on the patient was transported to Hilo Medical Center in […]
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