The U.S. Coast Guard, the federal agency that protects the state’s shores and ports, is the Eddie Aikau of the Hawaiian Islands. Week after week, Coast Guard teams pluck distressed mariners from danger just as Aikau, the famous Hawaiian lifeguard and surfer, rescued scores of swimmers on the North Shore. In one month alone, from […]
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