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Kelowna man missing in Maui.
20 year old Kelowna man missing after going snorkeling in Maui.
By CHBC, CHBC News, KelownaFebruary 19, 2010
Kelowna man missing in Maui.
20 year old Kelowna man missing after going snorkeling in Maui.
By CHBC, CHBC News, KelownaFebruary 19, 2010
Bryce Essler of Kelowna is missing in Maui, after going snorkeling while on vacation with his girlfriend.
U.S. Coast Guard and Maui Fire Department crews are searching for a Kelowna man who went missing in the vicinity of the Aston Kaanapali resort on Maui Thursday. Rescue crews are looking for any signs of Bryce Essler, a 20-year-old from Kelowna. Essler was vacationing with his girlfriend, but authorities say he was swimming alone when he disappeared.
Essler's parents left Kelowna for Hawaii on Thursday night.
A rescue helicopter crew from Air Station Barbers Point, a Coast Guard Station Maui boatcrew, and Maui Fire Department personnel are searching offshore near the resort. Witnesses say there are “caution signs” warnings at the beach at the Kaanapali Resort that tell swimmers not to go in the water near the buoys and that if they get caught and pulled out, to swim either right or left and then swim toward shore. The bouys mark the area of the extreme current.
All afternoon and evening there have been rescue boats, wave runners, helicopters and rescue personnel in the water in scuba and snorkel gear