As reported by miamiherald.com, ” A family from Ohio was found safe Friday afternoon after losing their way on an Everglades airboat ride and spending a harrowing night in the swamp.The search ended at 1 p.m. Friday when the family of five was located in the Everglades. The family from Akron, Ohio — a husband, wife and three children — weren’t hurt after their airboat ride became an overnight ordeal. Miami-Dade Fire-Rescue is working to find the best way to bring the family back to dry land. The family has been identified as Scott Schreck, 44, his wife Carie, 42, and their three sons Drew, 9, Luke, 7, and Zane, who is between 3 and 4, according to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.” Read Article
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As covered by wkyc.com, “A homeless woman is accused of attacking a TSA agent inside Honolulu International Airport. A tourist, off-duty police officer Justin Rogers, leaped to to action to assist the agent who was holding on to the woman. TSA is now calling Rogers a hero.” Read Article
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As reported by staradvertiser.com, “Hawaii County police renewed an appeal Wednesday for the public’s help in finding a 51-year-old Japanese tourist who has been missing for seven weeks. Hiromichi Yoshino was last seen in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Feb. 13 at about 9 a.m. His rented vehicle, a burgundy Kia four-door sedan, was found […]
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As covered by mauinow.com, “County officials released further details in a shark attack incident in Ka’anapali on this morning that resulted in the hospitalization of a California visitor. The 58-year-old man, from Marina Del Rey ‘suffered two deep lacerations on the right thigh, above the knee,’ according to ocean safety officials. County officials released an […]
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As covered by thehindu.com, “A software professional hailing from Guntur has been reportedly missing from Washington D.C in USA since Sunday afternoon. According to Potharaju Krishnamurthy, retired assistant commercial tax officer, his son P. Venkata Sarath Kumar (35) has been missing from Washington since 4.45 p.m. on Sunday (USA local time) after he mysteriously missed […]
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As reported by wptv.com, “A heroic teenager on vacation rescued an exhausted surfer who got caught in a rip current and carried out to sea Sunday afternoon near the Marriott Hotel in Singer Island…The male surfer was rushed to St. Mary’s Medical Center in a unknown condition. He is expected to survive, according to the […]
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M.wsbtv.com reported that nearly six years after a Newnan woman lost her underwater camera in Hawaii, it washed up on a beach more than 6,000 miles away. Lindsey Scallan told Channel 2’s Diana Davis about the amazing discovery, and how it restored her faith in good deeds. “I was ecstatic,” Scallan told Davis. Read Article
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As covered by caribbean360.com, “A young tourist was injured after she picked up an old shell containing white phosphorous from a popular Puerto Rican beach, local authorities said on Friday. The live munition was said to have been dropped by the US Navy when it used the island of Culebra for bombing practice and other […]
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According to bigislandnow.com, “A 70-year-old man visiting from Canada apparently drowned Wednesday afternoon while snorkeling at Kahalu`u Beach Park in Kona. Police officers responding to a 3:40 p.m. call were told that the man, identified as Ian Michael Gordon of Alberta, had become motionless about 40 feet from shore.” Read Article
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As covered by foodsafetynews.com, “An outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 has sickened at least nine people on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, reported state health officials this week…The three children were treated for hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a potentially fatal complication of E. coli infection that causes kidney failure.” Read Article
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