Local teens rescue drowning man during Hawaii trip

Local teens rescue drowning man during Hawaii trip

During a trip to Hawaii in early July 2026, two high school students from southern Mississippi rescued a drowning man at night.   Griffin Johnson, a recent graduate of Long Beach High School, and Mason Crawford, an upcoming junior at Picayune Memorial High School, were taking photographs along the coastline at Waikiki Beach when they heard a man yelling. Although they couldn’t make out exactly what he was saying, they could hear the word “help.”…