Posted on: Monday, July 1, 2002
Blowhole has history of danger
| • | Wave pulls young tourist into Halona Blowhole |
Advertiser Staff
On Sept. 10, 1967, Schofield Barracks soldier Jeffrey Terte fell into the Blowhole and lived to tell.
"The first thing I knew, I was in this cave," Terte said in an Advertiser interview a few days later. The cave was as big as a car, he said.
"I was in the water but there was about two feet of air between it and the roof," said Terte, then 19, who was with some buddies when he slipped from a rock ledge. On Sept. 10, 1967, Schofield Barracks soldier Jeffrey Terte fell into the Blowhole and lived to tell.
"The first thing I knew, I was in this cave," Terte said in an Advertiser interview a few days later. The cave was as big as a car, he said.
"I was in the water but there was about two feet of air between it and the roof," said Terte, then 19, who was with some buddies when he slipped from a rock ledge.
The private from Athens, Ga., said one wave caused him to hit his head, and a second blasted him through the tube and out to sea, where he was rescued.
At least two people have died after falling into the Blowhole, according to Advertiser news files.
On April 13, 1986 Tracy Rodrigues, 18, of Salt Lake was killed when he fell into the hole. A newspaper article said Rodrigues was squatting next to the hole, trying to look inside, when a wave struck.
On July 24, 1969 Robert Barry Lee, 26, of Portlock was swept into the hole by the force of a wave as he was trying to warn a young woman about getting too close to the opening. Lee called for help while inside the hole, but was swept to sea and died.
The private from Athens, Ga., said one wave caused him to hit his head, and a second blasted him through the tube and out to sea, where he was rescued.
At least two people have died after falling into the Blowhole, according to Advertiser news files.
On April 13, 1986 Tracy Rodrigues, 18, of Salt Lake was killed when he fell into the hole. A newspaper article said Rodrigues was squatting next to the hole, trying to look inside, when a wave struck.
On July 24, 1969 Robert Barry Lee, 26, of Portlock was swept into the hole by the force of a wave as he was trying to warn a young woman about getting too close to the opening. Lee called for help while inside the hole, but was swept to sea and died.
