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Updated at 11:06 p.m., Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Sailboat aground at Keehi, HFD rescue effort ongoing

Advertiser Staff

Firefighters tonight rescued two people and were in the process of bringing in another person at 11 p.m. from a sailboat that ran aground outside of Ke'ehi Lagoon.

The sailboat is stuck in the surfbreak, said HFD spokesman Capt. Frank Johnson.

HFD responded at about 10:15 p.m. Rescue 2, the department helicopter, the fire boat and a ladder company are at scene.

Johnson said HFD has personnel in the water and the helicopter brought in two people from the sailboat at about 10:35 p.m.