Man seen submerging in river near football field, Eugene OR


Witnesses saw a man repeatedly submerging and re-emerging in the river near a football field before losing sight of him. Rescue units considered launching a boat to search the river.
Audio|Source: Lane County Fire and EMS, Oregon State Police / ODOT
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Transcript:
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Yeah, there's some people over here on the other bag that they didn't see anything. Did you make contact with the caller over there?
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You know, made contact with the caller and two other people, they witnessed the male in the middle of the river,
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submerging himself, and then re-emerging, submerging, re-emerging, and then they lost side of them when they were trying to walk down to the bank to see what he was doing.
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I think probably the best thing to do is maybe just have the boat launch and then just have them scan the river all the way from BRC down to a loss, so I'm just been sure we don't have anybody in the water.
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Battalion 3, MEDIC 203, Delta Chesspane, 33690 Market Road between North Pacific Highway and I-5.
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Appage 108, Lane 4, South Lane, Battalion 3, Medic 203, Delta Chespan, 336-9-90 Market Road, cross North Pacific Highway and I-5, PAPH 108, 108, Lane 4,11.106.
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...in the river, Marist football field.
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Directly in the middle of the river at the football field is the last town location that they saw.
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Location mentioned:
Near Kingsley Rd, Eugene, OR 97401
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