Coach Nathan Grocholski Lopez was very fortunate to survive having capsized his canoe while paddling with four students (“Big Island paddling coach rescued after 4 hours in ocean,” Star-Advertiser, Dec. 18).
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Liam Powers, owner of Sea Quest Hawai‘i, got a call at around 7 p.m. that Nathan Grocholski Lopez, his son’s paddling coach at Big Island Jr. Va‘a, had not made it back to shore after going out in a one-man canoe.