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Updated at 5:32 p.m., Saturday, January 5, 2008

Coast Guard helps sick girl on boat off Molokini Crater

Advertiser Staff

A rescue boat crew from Coast Guard Station Maui assisted a girl suffering from a seizure on a touring vessel moored off Molokini Crater at about 9 a.m. today.

The station watchstander received a distress call at 8:15 a.m. from a crewmember aboard the 65-foot touring vessel Ocean Odyssey. The crewmember said a 9-year-old girl was suffering from a seizure aboard the vessel.

The Coast Guard boatcrew took the girl to awaiting emergency medical services at Kihei Harbor.