Official Report: Missing Swimmer Boiling Pots State Park, below Pe’pe’e Falls on the Wailuku river

1:36pm, Tuesday 9/17/2024

Strong water current

Male swimmer reported to have been submerged in the river. Last seen 10 minutes before HFD arrival.

CO.4, BC1, C1, RESCUE CO.2 AND M01 RESPONDED TO A CALL FOR A SWIMMER IN DISTRESS.
UPON ARRIVAL OF HFD, WITNESS SAID MALE PARTY WENT UNDER THE WATER JUST BEFORE THE RIVER RAPIDS AND DID NOT RESURFACE ABOUT 10 MINUTES PTA OF HFD ARRIVING ON SCENE.
SEARCH BY AIR WAS DONE BY C1 FROM DOWN STREAM UP TO WHERE THE VICTIM WAS LAST SEEN WITH NEGATIVE FINDINGS.
RESCUE CO.2 PUT TWO DIVERS IN THE WATER AND SEARCHED THE POND BELOW THE RAPIDS WITH NEGATIVE FINDINGS, STRONG CURRENTS MADE THE SEARCH EFFORT VERY DIFFICULT.
FIRE PREVENTION ALSO FLEW A DRONE STARTING THE SEARCH FROM THE LAST AREA THE VICTIM WAS SEEN AND WENT DOWN STREAM BUT WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE ANY SIGNS OF A VICTIM.
SEARCH EFFORTS WERE SUSPENDED AFTER SEVERAL DIVE ATTEMPTS.