Coast Guard Joins Search for Missing Kauai Diver

The U.S. Coast Guard and local Hawaiian agencies launched an ongoing search for 44-year-old Bryson Higashi, who was last seen around 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 23 near Hanalei Bay on Kauai. Coast Guard Sector Honolulu diverted a Station Kauai 45-foot Response Boat–Medium crew, an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter, an HC-130 airplane and the cutter William Hart after the Kauai Fire Department alerted officials; Higashi’s truck was later found unattended near the bay. Kauai police and the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources are assisting amid 2–4 foot seas and 15 mph winds.