- The Honolulu Hearth Division mentioned rescuers saved a 35-year-old hiker who fell practically 200 ft.
- Passing hikers seen the girl’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 girl who had fallen roughly 170 ft down the facet of a mountain due to her canine, who barked incessantly and alerted passersby.
The Honolulu Hearth Division mentioned in a assertion {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 no handler. A rescuer rappelled some 20 ft down the slope and airlifted the canine to security — however the pilot seen an object roughly 70 ft beneath the place the canine has been discovered.
The identical rescuer rappelled all the way down to the thing and found that it was a bag crammed with private gadgets.
The fireplace division mentioned rescuers seen the canine’s collar had its proprietor’s identify and telephone quantity — however after they known as the quantity, nobody answered. They mentioned the Honolulu Police Division carried out a wellness test on the proprietor’s deal with, however discovered nobody residence.
Finally, rescuers realized the canine’s proprietor had parked her automobile on the trailhead they usually launched “an in depth and coordinated search by air and floor” for the lacking proprietor.
Rescuers situated the girl shortly after, and located her beneath some “thick foliage” roughly 100 ft 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 lady’s situation stays unclear.
