Person in river near Northmont and Lincoln streets, Mckeesport PA


A person was in the river near Northmont and Lincoln Streets. Emergency teams from multiple agencies coordinated a rescue operation. The person was at times swimming, walking, and refused to come out of the water. Officers used a boat and set up a perimeter to safely reach the person and move towards the riverbank.
Audio|Source: Allegheny County East PD 1 and East PD 3
06:14
Transcript:
00:00
I got eyes on them.
00:04
Connie, you're going to need tail on River Rescue.
00:09
Stand by.
00:14
1183 is going to be out with River Rescue.
00:24
Sir,
00:26
5613 County, we have high visibility perimeter set up on Northmont at Harrison.
00:33
Northmont, Lincoln, sorry.
00:38
Copy Northmont at Lincoln.
00:39
Okay,
00:41
Northmont at Lincoln.
00:46
County 1942 just advised Gladport there is a train coming through the borough right now going towards Gladport
00:55
Copy that.
00:58
6 feet, do you have him or is he still in the water?
01:02
Slow it. Trot and slow it.
01:05
Headed towards the gateboard.
01:06
About 6 feet off the shore.
01:10
1187 or 1183.
01:13
They're requesting somebody on the boat.
01:16
Right, I'm going to be on the boat.
01:18
We're getting ready to leap the dock.
01:23
Copy that. County notified CSX for working on the track seat.
01:36
16, do you still have eyes on him?
01:40
Okay, wait, okay.
01:43
Me, Chief and (name withheld), got him on the riverbank, still about six feet off, still swimming close.
01:49
Copy.
01:58
1940K where are you at with this mail?
02:02
He's just one as an adult general in (name withheld).
02:04
I'm not confirming you know that's all.
02:16
506.601 for River Rescue.
02:20
Go ahead for River Rescue.
02:24
He's about six to eight feet in the water,
02:28
off the riverbank.
02:30
Flashboard side,
02:32
about 200 yards up from the Manshill Bridge.
02:35
In the Flashport.
02:38
We're just now leaving a dock.
02:40
Yes.
02:48
Copy that.
02:54
11-1 to 5601 I guess.
02:57
We're all traffic stopped.
02:58
I'm high end.
03:00
Copy, thank you.
03:09
He's up, he's walking again.
03:15
83 to Gladport for it just now passed and the lighthouse.
03:22
Copy. He's on the...
03:25
He'll be on your left-hand side.
03:28
In the tree line.
03:30
He's in the water. He won't come up.
03:36
Anyone knows there's officers on the rescue boat? How many?
03:40
There's an officer on the boat.
03:50
We just crossed underneath the bridge.
03:56
150, 200 yards up on the left.
04:06
How far away from where your cars are?
04:12
Keep coming, I can see you, keep coming.
04:17
He's hugging the tree line.
04:21
83, keep coming up, you'll see me in the opening and they're about 70 yards up for me.
04:28
I see you, gee.
04:36
Kind of the left, where do you guys currently have him on?
04:44
500 block of North Mons, what it looks like.
04:50
Copy that.
04:53
County, he's probably about 50 yards north of Northamon in Lincoln Street.
04:59
Thank you.
05:07
1123, 1165, County.
05:17
Can you guys start to 902 Bellevue Street for a male-female verbal domestic, non-English speaking?
05:32
Gotten.
05:34
14 to 16, any updates? What's you doing?
05:40
Last morning is listen.
05:41
We need somebody to go further down, Northman Agahela.
05:43
Come back into the riverbank where we were earlier.
05:46
It's getting too thick for us we can't get through.
05:52
13 o'clock.
05:56
1409 are closest to the station.
06:00
Relocated towards Lincoln.
06:03
He's going towards McKeysport.
06:07
Copy, we'll make our way up.
06:11
We need guys on the riverbank at Lincoln Street where we were earlier.
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Location mentioned:
Lincoln St, McKeesport, PA 15132
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