Kahana Rescue!
HTMC and OHE-L members Thomas Yoza, Ken Suzuki, Jim Pushaw, and Naomi Nasu will be in the spotlight for their efforts today in Kahana Valley. Motivated by Ken's hunch, the group broke off from the main body of the HTMC trail maintenance crew to see if they could find any sign of the two Danish females, Anitta Winther & Marianne Konnerup, reportedly last seen in Kahana on Sat. 8/14. HTMC and OHE member Joe Bussen, along with his wife Ruby, was hiking in Kahana on 8/14, and they recalled seeing the two girls hiking up the road to the water tank around 12:30. Given that, along with reports from a city bus driver and some Kahana residents, there was plenty of evidence the two were somewhere in Kahana. But where? This past week, police, fire, and civilian personnel attempted rescue searches in Kahana and nearby windward locales without success. As we worked in the valley today, rescue choppers buzzed overhead while a small crew of police special forces officers searched valley trai...