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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Visitors saved by off-duty fire fighter using Our Rescue Tube, lifeguards

Date: September 29, 2010 10:30:33 AM HST
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Subject: NR09-29-10 (Visitors saved by off-duty fire fighter, lifeguards)

KAUA‘I FIRE DEPARTMENT

News Release
For Immediate Release: September 29, 2010


ROBERT WESTERMAN, CHIEF
Tel (808) 241-4980
Fax (808) 241-6508



Visitors saved by off-duty fire fighter, lifeguards

'ANINI – Two male visitors from Bremerton, WA were rescued yesterday morning at 'Anini Beach by an off-duty fire fighter and jet ski operators.
The men had been swimming at 'Anini near the river mouth at around 10 am when they got caught in a rip current at the north end of the channel.
Seeing the men in distress, Micah Thayer, an off-duty fire fighter, grabbed a rescue tube that was on the beach and swam out to them.
Thayer utilized the rescue tube to keep the two men afloat and prevented them from being swept out to sea.
Lifeguards Chad Listman and Chris Pico arrived at the scene on a jet ski from Hanalei Bay and brought the men to shore where they were checked by Hanalei fire fighters and medics.
The men refused further treatment and were released at the scene.
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