Lifeguard recounts off-duty rescue of teen lost at sea off Hawaii

Noland Keaulana says he "wouldn't have been able to sleep" if he hadn’t searched for his friend's son, missing in a kayak off Hawaii.

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Noland Keaulana was off duty when he got a text from his wife saying the 17-year-old son of a friend was missing.

Mr Keaulana commandeered a boat and eventually found the boy who had become separated from his group.

"I was actually crying my guts off because he was okay," he said.

The US Coast Guard had used planes, boats and drones to look for the boy, who was later treated for "exhaustion, dehydration, exertion and cold exposure", according to Honolulu EMS paramedics.

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