EUGENE – On July 3, around 6:30 p.m., Eugene Springfield Fire responded to a swimmer in distress call on the Willamette River downstream from the Knickerbocker Bridge.
The caller reported that someone had lost their floaties and was floating downstream in the stream, struggling to keep their head above water.
Emergency personnel found an unhoused person performing CPR for the victim on a shallow gravel bar in the middle of the river.
Firefighters took over…
