The Oregon State rowing teams were getting ready for practice at their facility on the west bank of the Willamette River near downtown Corvallis last month, but the day ended up being hardly routine.
Assistant coaches Shelby Larkin and Torree Hawken were preparing one of the boats the coaches use, known as a launch, when they heard a commotion on the Van Buren Bridge.
They looked up and saw what looked like a man preparing to jump…