Radford assistant AD Kai Enos improving after near drowning at Kewalo Basin
Advertiser Staff
Radford High School assistant athletic director Kai Enos� condition has improved dramatically and he is expected to be moved out of Straub Clinic and Hospital�s intensive care unit today after spending last night in the ICU following a surf accident, Radford AD Kelly Sur told The Advertiser this afternoon.
Sur said Enos, a former standout basketball and football player at Kaimuki and boys basketball coach at Radford, was surfing at Kewalo Basin late yesterday morning when he was knocked unconscious after catching a particularly big wave.
He was seen floating face-down in the water by a nearby off-duty lifeguard, who assisted with an off-duty doctor in administering CPR and bringing Enos to shore.
Enos was then taken by ambulance to Straub, where he was listed in critical condition.
�It was touch-and-go for awhile,� Sur said.
But Sur said Enos regained consciousness around 11 p.m. and was able to recognize friends and family.
Sur said Enos� condition improved today.
�I think he�s out of the woods already,� Sur said.
Enos is the father of current University of Hawaii men�s basketball walk-on Rykin Enos, a former football and basketball standout at Kamehameha.