Mar 22, 2025, 4:42 PM | Updated: 4:48 pm
Seattle Fire Medic One (Photo by Bill Kaczaraba)
(Photo by Bill Kaczaraba)
SEATTLE — A man is in critical condition after falling 15 feet from a barge onto a walkway near the shore of the Salmon Bay Waterway on Saturday, according to the Seattle Fire Department (SFD).
Crews conducted a rope rescue near Fremont off of Northwest Bowdoin Place using a basket to bring the man back to surface level.
A fireboat was also deployed as the man fell close to the water, SFD said.
He was transported to Harborview Medical Center.
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