HFD uses airlift to rescue injured hiker from Waimano Pool Trail

The Honolulu Fire Department rescued a 43-year-old injured female hiker from Waimano Pool Trail in Pearl City this afternoon by airlift. HFD sent five units staffed with 17 personnel to the scene after receiving a 911 call at 3 p.m. from a Good Samaritan reporting that a woman had fallen and sustained an injury. Dispatchers used the call data to locate the woman. The first units arrived at the scene at 3:12 p.m and secured a landing zone nearby in preparation for a search and rescue operation by air. Air...