Coast Guard helps rescue Hawaii 17-year-old who spent 'nearly 12 hours treading water and clinging to kayak'
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The Coast Guard says it has helped rescue a 17-year-old Hawaii high school student who spent nearly 12 hours treading water and clinging to his kayak in the Pacific.
"Coast Guard Sector Honolulu watchstanders were notified by Honolulu Fire Department personnel at 7:27 p.m. Wednesday that a 17-year-old boy had gotten separated from his high school paddling team approximately one-half mile south of Sheraton Waikiki Beach Resort. The teenager had reportedly capsized on a 20-foot surf ski and was not wearing a life jacket," the Coast Guard said in a statement. Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.
"Sector Honolulu watchstanders issued an urgent maritime information broadcast, launched an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter and HC-130 Hercules airplane crews from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point, and launched a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Coast Guard Station Honolulu to search for the missing teen," it added.