- The Honolulu Hearth Division mentioned rescuers saved a 35-year-old hiker who fell practically 200 toes.
- Passing hikers observed the lady’s canine caught on a steep slope, barking.
- Rescuers saved the canine, then launched a seek for its lacking proprietor.
Rescuers in Honolulu saved a 35-year-old lady who had fallen roughly 170 toes down the aspect of a mountain because of her canine, who barked incessantly and alerted passersby.
The Honolulu Hearth Division mentioned in an announcement {that a} group of hikers known as 911 on January 15 to report a barking canine on a steep mountain slope, who was apparently with out a handler. A rescuer rappelled some 20 toes down the slope and airlifted the canine to security — however the pilot observed an object roughly 70 toes beneath the place the canine has been discovered.
The identical rescuer rappelled all the way down to the item and found that it was a bag stuffed with private objects.
The hearth division mentioned rescuers observed the canine’s collar had its proprietor’s title and cellphone quantity — however once they known as the quantity, nobody answered. They mentioned the Honolulu Police Division carried out a wellness examine on the proprietor’s tackle, however discovered nobody residence.
Finally, rescuers realized the canine’s proprietor had parked her automotive on the trailhead and so they launched “an intensive and coordinated search by air and floor” for the lacking proprietor.
Rescuers positioned the lady shortly after, and located her beneath some “thick foliage” roughly 100 toes beneath the spot the place her bag was discovered. Rescuers put her on a stretcher and airlifted her off the mountain and introduced her to the hospital.
The girl’s situation stays unclear.
