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Fire rescuers used a county helicopter and Billy Pugh net to lift a stranded but uninjured opihi picker to safety Saturday afternoon in the Onomea area.
Fire rescuers used a county helicopter and Billy Pugh net to lift a stranded but uninjured opihi picker to safety Saturday afternoon in the Onomea area.
Authorities received a call just before 3 p.m. that the man had disappeared after rappelling down a cliff just north of Kawailani Stream. Personnel aboard the chopper spotted the man and rescued him.
The area is rugged coastline with steep cliffs and little or no shoreline access.