The dog, named Trina, located David Arai more than seven hours after the search began, allowing police officers to bring him safely back to the start of the trail, reported PEOPLE . A three-year-old police dog helped rescue a missing 70-year-old man in Hawaii after he was reported missing while hiking in a national park.
Trina’s efforts helped bring the missing hiker back safely to his family after an extensive search in the national park.
Authorities then launched an aerial search with a Hawaii Fire Department helicopter before asking Trina, a police dog, to help. Police classified Arai as endangered based on information gathered during the investigation, including his age, and began searching the area. Officers found Arai’s rental vehicle inside the national park but could not locate him. Trina is a three-year-old Labrador retriever trained to track and find living people. Trina’s efforts helped bring the missing hiker back safely to his family after an extensive search in the national park.
Hawaii Island police officers received information just after noon on October 19 that Arai had last been seen near a volcano at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park more than 24 hours earlier.
She had previously helped search for missing children and adults in danger across Hawaii.
