After over 11 hours stranded at sea, 17-year-old Kahiau Kawai was finally rescued by an off-duty lifeguard and the US Coast Guard in Hawaii. On Wednesday, the teen had been out kayaking with his high school paddling team when he eventually got separated from them.

A 17-year-old kayaker spent nearly 12 hours treading water and clinging to his kayak Wednesday after becoming separated from his high school paddling group, the U.S.

A teenanger stranded in the middle of the ocean for more than ten hours was rescued. The 17-year-old had been separated from his high school paddling group and was treading water holding onto his kayak.