Man stuck on riverbank log, calls for help, Spokane WA


A man is trapped on a log by the riverbank near Summit Parkway and Cedar. He is calling out for help, feeling cold, and cannot get out on his own. Emergency responders are on scene to assist.
Audio|Source: Spokane City Law Enforcement
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Transcript:
00:00
5'1. I can definitely hear him yelling. I just can't tell exactly where it's coming from.
00:06
Got me.
00:10
Charlie 4554-5-4 here.
00:14
Copy, Charlie, 1-55, you can discern it.
00:21
All right, boy, it sounds like it's kind of coming directly north of 304 here.
00:30
Everyone, he's on the north side of the river, down by the bank.
00:37
Yep.
00:40
He's sitting on a branch, just screaming for help. We might need fire here.
00:49
Got it.
00:55
425, 424.
00:58
25.
01:00
24.
01:03
Can you start for the area of Summit Parkway and Cedar? There's a mail down by the river sitting on a branch yelling for help.
01:12
Southside units can hear him calling from that side and I think he's on the north side. Fire is going to be staged.
01:18
Cedar and Sunnet.
01:20
25 got me in wrap.
01:23
24, almost on the same.
01:29
All right there we'll go with 25.
01:34
25 units right.
01:37
25 probably, thank you.
01:43
So he's going to be in Kendall Yards. I believe the restaurant Molle is just going to be directly sort of above where he's at.
01:49
Okay.
01:53
24 to the units on the other side of the river is at your light.
01:57
Hey Frum.
02:00
Crease in a, perhaps.
02:05
He said we're shining the light, he's sitting down there on a blog.
02:10
He's straight down.
02:13
Hey Frum, it kind of looks like there's almost like a little trail that zigzags down in him.
02:17
Go ahead.
02:20
So he's stuck like kind of on the bank on a log or sitting in the water. He said he's cold, he's freezing, and he's unable to get out.
02:28
So at this point we might need fire to come help us out.
02:33
Copy.
02:35
The terrain on the north side of the river is pretty steep.
02:43
4 or 50 for fire the easiest access is going to be on that northside probably with northside goes.
02:52
We did have him start that way. We'll clear the minute.
03:00
Officer, we just made down the hill. He's to your left.
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Location mentioned:
N Cedar St & W Summit Pkwy, Spokane, WA 99201
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