First responders rescued a woman in her 30s from the Puyallup River in Fife Tuesday afternoon. Witnesses who saw her struggling called 911.
“Several officers, from other agencies, immediately tried to throw her ropes and life jackets as she was going down the river with the current,” Pierce County Sheriff’s Sergeant Darren Moss told KIRO Newsradio’s Heather Bosch.But as she was pulled further downstream, Moss said there was no time to wait for a boat.
Rescuers brought her up the river bank to paramedics. Moss said she was conscious but likely exhausted and cold.
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