Air duct fatality was Big Islander
Advertiser Staff
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The city Department of the Medical Examiner has identified the woman who died Sept. 3 after becoming stuck in an air duct above a restaurant at the Ala Moana Food Court. She was Jasmine Fry, 22, of Honaunau on the Big Island.
The department has not determined the cause of death.
Police said Fry entered the vent after a security worker approached and asked her why she was sitting on the vent.
It took Fire Department workers more than two hours to free the woman, who had worked her way through the vent to an area just above the range hood at the Little Cafe Siam.
Rescue workers have said that Fry was alert and responsive and did not appear to be in any distress during most of the effort to free her. They said, however, that she became extremely anxious shortly before she was freed and "turned unresponsive" during the final minutes of the rescue. She was pronounced dead at The Queen's Medical Center.
O'AHU
SOLDIER DROWNS IN HOTEL POOL
A Schofield Barracks soldier drowned Sunday morning in the pool of the Best Western Plaza Hotel, the Army said. Staff Sgt. Nathaniel Dunham, 32, a native of Sumter, S.C., was pronounced dead at Tripler Army Medical Center at 10:45 a.m. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division (Light).
DOWNTOWN
HPU TO CELEBRATE 40TH ANNIVERSARY
Hawai'i Pacific University marks its 40th anniversary tomorrow on Upper Fort Street Mall with a celebration from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
There will be musical acts, a pep rally, the cutting of a 40-foot-long cake and performances by local bands.
MAKUA
COMMENT PERIOD EXTENDED 15 DAYS
The Army has extended the period for public comment on the Makua Military Reservation draft environmental impact statement until Oct. 6.
Fires have been caused by mortar rounds and military activity in the valley, which some Hawaiians consider sacred, and a "controlled burn" in July of 2003 charred more than half the 4,190-acre valley.
According to the draft EIS, the Army wants to increase training to include the use of rockets, flares and inert missiles, and to train with air assaults, snipers, convoys and demolitions. The draft EIS is available at www.makuaeis .com.
STATEWIDE
PANEL DELAYS TANONAKA ACTION
The state Campaign Spending Commission has delayed action on a complaint against Dalton Tanonaka and four people involved in his unsuccessful campaign for lieutenant governor in 2002.
Tanonaka and the others are facing the complaint about improper campaign contributions. Tanonaka pleaded guilty in July in federal court to illegally diverting loans to his campaign for lieutenant governor and his campaign for Congress last year.
CLEANUP TARGETS 130 BEACHES
The annual Get The Drift and Bag It beach volunteer cleanup, scheduled for Saturday, will focus on more than 40 O'ahu beaches and more than 90 across the state.
Call Jan Dapitan on Maui at 877-2524, Terry Miura on the Big Island at 961-8695, Adam Asquith on Kaua'i at 635-8290 or Chris Woolaway on O'ahu at 956-2872.
MANOA
'FREE SPEECH IN DIGITAL AGE'
The University of Hawai'i-Manoa's Richardson School of Law and the American Constitution Society will present "Free Speech in the Digital Age" and "Conversations With Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Stephen Breyer" tomorrow in Kuykendall Hall 201, to be televised via Hawai'i Interactive Television System from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
KAILUA
PICNIC PLANNED FOR HOMELESS
St. Anthony's Outreach will host a free picnic for all homeless families on the Windward side from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the church hall, 114 Makawao St. in Kailua.
The menu includes chili and hot dogs, ice cream and drinks. There will be an inflatable house for children, free shopping and haircuts, and prizes.
