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Updated at 10:50 a.m., Thursday, February 26, 2004

British swimmer still missing

Advertiser Staff

Fire rescue specialists today resumed the search for a missing visitor from England at a North Shore beach site called Revelations, on the Kahuku side of Velzeyland.

Honolulu Fire Department spokesman Capt. Kenison Tejada said the man, in his 50s, was reported missing by a traveling companion yesterday between 11:30 a.m. and noon.

City ocean safety personnel searched for 45 minutes before notifying the fire department, which searched from about 1 to 5 p.m.

Fire department divers and its helicopter resumed the search at daybreak today. Honolulu police and Coast Guard personnel were also searching today.