By Don Sweeney
The Peninsula Gateway
OAHU, Hawaii — An 8-year-old boy plunged down a 20-foot shaft connected to a bunker while hiking with his family on Oahu, Hawaii officials reported.
Rescuers received a 911 call about the accident on the Koko Head Trail at 5:24 p.m. Saturday, July 5 , the Honolulu Fire Department said in a news release.
An 8-year-old boy hiking with his parents had fallen down a shaft near the top of the trail, firefighters said.
Rescuers extricated him from the confined space and a helicopter airlifted him to an ambulance waiting at a nearby landing zone established by firefighters, the agency said.
The boy was taken to a hospital in critical condition, Hawaii News Now reported.
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