Man critically hurt in fall from scaffolding
A man was taken to the hospital in critical condition Friday morning after falling 30 feet from a scaffolding placed at a Lower Makiki apartment building.
The man, believed to be in his late 50s, was taken from the complex at 1227 Matlock Ave. following the 10:45 a.m. call, a city Department of Emergency Services spokeswoman said.
Couple cited for hiking at Haiku Stairs
A man and woman from the mainland were cited by Honolulu police for trespassing after they got lost Thursday while hiking the Haiku Stairs trail.
Honolulu police spokeswoman Michelle Yu said the 32-year-old man and 25-year-old woman are visiting Oahu from the mainland. They were cited for trespassing, a petty misdemeanor, she said.
The two spent the night in the mountains after they got lost and called for help at 7 p.m. Thursday. The Honolulu Fire Department sent a helicopter to rescue them.
Cloud cover and high-tension utility lines prevented the Fire Department’s helicopter from airlifting the two.
The hikers walked down the "Stairway to Heaven" trail themselves Friday.
They were not injured, fire Capt. Gary Lum said.
The Navy built the stairs during World War II to access radio equipment at the mountain summit. The trail isn’t maintained and is closed to the public.
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Trio of kayakers towed to safety
A Maui County firefighter on a rescue surfboard towed three kayakers to shore late Thursday night after they got stuck on a reef off Camp Pecusa in Olowalu.
The kayakers said they went on an evening paddle and, in the darkness, got hung up on reef features. One of the kayaks took on water and was abandoned. The group used a cellphone to call for help at about 10 p.m.
Rescue personnel from the Lahaina fire station responded. A firefighter paddling a rescue board towed the three on a kayak about 200 yards to shore.
The three people — a man in his late 50s, a woman in her late 40s and a 30-year-old woman — were cold and tired but not injured, the Fire Department said. A fishing boat brought the abandoned kayak to shore.
