5 scuba divers struggling within the water for hours off the Hawaiian coast have been rescued final Wednesday by a crusing couple that heard their screams for assist and located “5 little dots” within the huge ocean.
Camila Storchi and her husband have been on their sailboat touring from Kaneohe to Honolulu after they heard the determined pleas coming from the water, she informed native station Hawaii Information Now.
The scuba divers have been separated from their boat in the course of the tour, main the group to hold onto one another in a bid for survival.
“We have been passing Hanauma and going round China Partitions,” Storchi informed the native outlet. “He heard screaming for assist and he began scanning the ocean and we noticed 5 little dots.”
She stated in an Instagram put up that the couple raced towards the group the place one of many divers was “grey, hypothermia, throwing up.”
However the couple couldn’t safely carry the 5 aboard safely, in order that they as an alternative rapidly alerted the Coast Guard and circled round them for 45 minutes earlier than rescuers arrived.
Storchi stated on social media she and her husband have been “speaking, providing water and holding them in good spirits.”
She posted a video of the dramatic discovery during which the 5 individuals have been decked out of their scuba gear because the waves rolled by.
When a Coast Guard helicopter arrived, the boat that the 5 scuba divers belonged to confirmed up on the similar time.
“The helicopter arrived on scene and relayed the place to the (dive boat) who transited to the situation and picked up the divers,” the Coast Guard stated in a press release to the HNN.
The Coast Guard added the boat “misplaced” the 5 divers, however heard over the radio they have been discovered by the sailboat.
The diving firm, Aaron’s Dive Store, informed the station it was reviewing what occurred and protocols to forestall one other close to tragedy.