Hawaii

HAWAI’I

A TOURIST DRIVING IN THE EARLY MORNING DARK ON THE BIG ISLAND DROVE HIS RENTED JEEP OFF A CLIFF BUT WAS ABLE TO SWIM TO SHORE WHERE FIREFIGHTERS PULLED HIM UP INTO A HELICOPTER.

THE 27-YEAR-OLD WAS VISITING FROM THE CANADIAN PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.

FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE AND THE U.S. COAST GUARD RESPONDED TO A REPORT OF A SWIMMER IN DISTRESS IN THE OCEAN AT SOUTH POINT IN NA’ALEHU AT ABOUT 3:45AM ONE RECENT MORNING.

HE SWAM ABOUT 100 YARDS TO SHORE AT THE BOTTOM OF A 50 FOOT CLIFF.

THE ROAD THERE IS DANGEROUS FOR THOSE WHO AREN’T FAMILIAR WITH IT, A LOCAL MAN SAID.

DUH.