Woman on bridge railing talks with police, traffic closed, Portland OR
Medical EmergencyA woman is on the railing of a bridge on Swan Island, Portland, visibly upset and talking with police. Traffic on the bridge is shut down to prevent danger as some bystanders encourage her to jump. Crisis intervention is on the way.
Audio|Source: Portland Area Fire and Rescue
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Transcript:
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Please don't have enough units to shut down the bridge, so Engine 23 is going to block. I see you approach, and we'll hold off so you come up, but then we're going to block and shut down all of the east side traffic.
00:11
Westbound is shut down via O.DOT.
00:16
And is that our decision or is that what police are asking for?
00:24
At this point we still have the female on top of the bridge. We have traffic going by encouraging their jump.
00:31
They're waiting on crisis intervention.
00:34
That'll be the next move if it gets to that level.
00:36
So we're preemptively shutting down the bridge.
00:40
Okay, copy that.
00:45
Fire row 21 from command.
00:48
We still have her on the railing. She is talking with police.
00:52
She is still visibly upset. Thanks for standing by.
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Location mentioned:
Swan Island, Portland, OR 97217
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