LIHUE — Kauai Fire Department Ocean Safety Bureau officials rescued two people in distress off waters at Makua Beach on Friday afternoon.
LIHUE — Kauai Fire Department Ocean Safety Bureau officials rescued two people in distress off waters at Makua Beach on Friday afternoon.
Shortly after 4 p.m. Friday, OSB officials received a call from dispatch of a father and son in distress.
Lifeguards from the Haena Tower were able to reach the father and son and bring them safely to shore via rescue tube. They were later treated and released by medics.
Shortly after 5:50 p.m., dispatch notified Engine 2 and Rescue 3 of an injured hiker on the Nounou Trail.
Two Kauai Fire Department officials hiked the trail and met the injured hiker. Air 1 and Rescue 3 were able to short haul the hiker from the trail to the park area, where awaiting medics met and later released the hiker at the scene.
