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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Tuesday, February 3, 2009

WAI'ANAE
Goat hunter who died after falling identified

A goat hunter who died after falling 100 feet in the mountains above Ke'eau Homestead Road in Wai'anae Sunday has been identified as Eric Sawchuk of Kane'ohe.

Sawchuk, 41, was hunting with a friend when he fell. Police said his hunting partner heard a tumbling sound and ran to the edge of a cliff and saw Sawchuk falling. The man climbed down to Sawchuk's location, but was unable to revive him.

A fire department rescue team and a helicopter retrieved Sawchuk's body from a ledge about 10:10 a.m. Sunday. The city medical examiner's office said Sawchuk died of cranial cerebral trauma from a fall.