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A 17-person search and rescue team spent nearly three hours searching for the missing 35-year-old in Honolulu
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A bark is hailed as a hero in Hawaii.
On Monday, Honolulu firefighters responded to a 911 call about the disappearance of a hiker on the Lanipo Trail in Kaimuki, Oahu, according to a news release.
When the 17-person search and rescue team arrived in the mountainous area, the noisy dog led them to a 35-year-old man who had been stranded 170 feet under the trail for about 3 hours “under thick foliage. “Added.
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A rescuer “backed about 20 feet downhill” to rescue the dog and, after airlifting it from the area, found a bag filled with the hiker’s belongings, which “about 70 feet below where he found the dog,” The Version continued.
The call and the woman’s phone number were on the dog’s collar, but government calls went unanswered. They also conducted a search of his home and later showed that his car was parked near the trail.
After “a thorough and coordinated search by air and ground,” the hiker was still located at 5:37 p. m. local time, “approximately 100 feet below where his bag was,” he added.
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After locating her, a medical evaluation was conducted and she was provided with “basic resuscitation treatment. “She was then evacuated from the foliage on a stretcher and transported to a nearby hospital via emergency medical services.
The Honolulu Fire Department also noted that none of the search and rescue operators were injured during the expedition.
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