POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS RESCUE A THREATENED JUMPER ON THE LASALLE STREET BRIDGE, CHICAGO

    TUE NOV 27 2012 ~3:35 AM
    CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
    THREATENED JUMPER/POLICE RESCUE
    41.887518,-87.632596 (300 N LASALLE CHICAGO, IL/WACKER AND LASALLE)

    BN 1 IN COMMAND FOR PERSON ON THE MIDDLE OF THE BRIDGE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BRIDGE OVER THE CHICAGO RIVER. HELICOPTER 6-8-1 DISPATCHED, BUT INSTRUCTED TO STANDBY AWAY FROM THE SCENE. TWO RESCUE BOATS WAITED BELOW. SQD 1 AND OTHERS ON SCENE. AS MAN'S GRIP WAS SLIPPING, RESCUERS GRABBED THE MAN AND FLIPPED HIM BACK OVER THE BRIDGE RAIL.

    POLICE OFFICERS CALVIN BLUNT, ELEANOR DIGGS, BELINDA FLORES, AND JOHN HARRISON CREDITED WITH NEGOTIATIONS AND RESCUE. FIREFIGHTERS ERIC SOBOLEWSKI AND MIKE CRONIN GRABBED THE MAN AND PULLED HIM TO SAFETY.

    AMB 42 WITH A REMOVAL TO NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AT ABOUT 4:16 AM.


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Published by CHICAGOFIREMAP.NET: Tuesday, November 27, 2012

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