{"id":87683,"date":"2026-09-18T08:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T08:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/?p=87683"},"modified":"2026-09-14T20:43:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T20:43:59","slug":"hawai%ca%bbi-national-guard-rescues-paramedics-during-hurricane-lala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/2026\/09\/18\/hawai%ca%bbi-national-guard-rescues-paramedics-during-hurricane-lala\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawai\u02bbi National Guard Rescues Paramedics During Hurricane Lala"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the Hawai\u02bbi National Guard\u2019s high-water vehicle team rescue two emergency medical responders stranded in floodwaters during Hurricane Lala in the Ka\u02bb\u016b District, Hawai\u02bbi, on Aug. 14, 2026. The Soldiers, assigned to 1st Squadron, 299th Cavalry Regiment, navigated approximately five feet of fast-moving floodwater, debris, and severely restricted visibility to reach the stranded paramedics. After extracting the responders, the team reversed approximately one mile through the flooded roadway to reach a safe location. The rescue was part of the Hawai\u02bbi National Guard\u2019s response to Hurricane Lala during, which soldiers and airmen supported communities statewide through high-water rescues and evacuations, debris clearance, damage assessments, aerial reconnaissance and wellness checks. They coordinated with state and county emergency management agencies to protect lives and assist with recovery efforts. (U.S. Army National Guard Video by UPAR)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As floodwaters rose across the Ka\u02bb\u016b District during Hurricane Lala, a Hawai\u02bbi National Guard high-water vehicle team was already returning from one rescue when another call came in: two emergency medical responders were stranded in their ambulance and needed help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The soldiers were about a mile away when they received the request for assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey had just completed an individual rescue of a gentleman and were headed back to the fire station when we received the follow-on call requesting our assistance with the stranded EMS,\u201d said Sgt. Darrick Salinas, 1st Squadron, 299th Cavalry Regiment. \u201cWe didn’t really have a lot of information on the full circumstances of their situation, just that their vehicle had stalled in high water.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team turned toward the stranded paramedics and as they approached, the conditions deteriorated. What had been roughly 2 feet of water earlier in their mission had risen to at least 5 feet by the time they reached the EMS personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As floodwaters rose across the Ka\u02bb\u016b District during Hurricane Lala, a Hawai\u02bbi National Guard high-water vehicle team was already returning from one rescue when another call came in: two emergency medical responders were stranded in their ambulance and needed help. The soldiers were about a mile away when they received the request for assistance. \u201cThey […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":189,"featured_media":87684,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"34189,35224,45402,57988,16296,61786","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12393],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2020s"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/189"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87683"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87685,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87683\/revisions\/87685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}