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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Friday, August 14, 2009

3 hikers lost in forest area found after phoning for help

Advertiser Staff

Hawai'i County fire rescue personnel located and retrieved three lost hikers Wednesday in a heavily forested area in Pahoa.

The hikers used a cell phone to call for help. Firefighters determined their location — about 300 yards off Kaohe Homestead Road — and cut a trail into the forest to where the hikers were.