By Sue Danielson
Apr 8, 2021
(Ames, IA) A woman s safe after being rescued from a narrow ledge next to an Ames railroad bridge. Police were called by the Union Pacific Railroad around 1:30 this (Thursday) morning, about a woman who appeared to be grasping on a railing from a bridge. Officers arrived and found a distraught woman on a narrow, outer ledge of the Dayton Avenue bridge.
Sergeant Joel Congdon says officers were able to squeeze their hands under fencing to prevent the woman from falling to the railroad tracks below. It s estimated they held onto her for approximately 40-minutes before an Ames Fire Department ladder truck was able to use an access road to reach the area. The crew then raised the ladder and officers used a harness to secure the woman and bring her to safety. The woman, whose name has not been released, was taken to Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames to be checked out.
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Woman rescued from railroad bridge in Ames
Firefighters rescuing a woman in Ames.
A woman was rescued from a railroad bridge early this morning in Ames.
The Union Pacific Railroad reported a distraught woman hanging off the bridge at Dayton Avenue just before 1:30 this morning. Ames Police Sergeant Joel Congdon says officers held the woman to keep her from falling.
“The first thing was they wanted to kind of contain it to be able to make sure they could hang on to the woman that was in distress. Once they had that secured, they quickly formulated plans and figured out what they needed,” Congdon says.
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