HANAKAPIA‘I — Kaua‘i Fire Department rescue specialists from Lihu‘e station, aboard Inter-Island Helicopters, successfully removed a visiting San Francisco woman, 27, who injured her ankle Monday morning. She was airlifted from Hanakapi‘ai Beach midday, after sustaining leg injuries from a
HANAKAPIA‘I — Kaua‘i Fire Department rescue specialists from Lihu‘e station, aboard Inter-Island Helicopters, successfully removed a visiting San Francisco woman, 27, who injured her ankle Monday morning.
She was airlifted from Hanakapi‘ai Beach midday, after sustaining leg injuries from a fall, according to a county press release.
The woman was taken to Wilcox Memorial Hospital. Her current condition is not known.
According to fire officials, the woman slipped and fell while hiking the Kalalau Trail. The woman’s fiancé, who was with her on the hike, carried her on his back to Hanakapi‘ai Beach.
Friends and bystanders yelled out to a nearby boat from the beach, and the captain of the boat notified the U.S. Coast Guard about the SOS call via VHF radio.
In turn, the Coast Guard contacted Kaua‘i Police Department dispatch about the incident at approximately 10:07 a.m.
Three rescue specialists from the Lihu‘e fire station responded to the call, and headed out in Air-1 at around 11:39 a.m. They are Butch Keahiolalo, Roy Constantino and Kawai Warren.
They landed at Hanakapi‘ai Beach and picked up the woman at around noon. From there, they flew to Princeville Airport, where an American Medical Response ambulance picked her up and transported her to Wilcox Memorial Hospital.
