Near drownings on the Willamette River require rescues Thursday in Eugene and Lebanon

A person floating the Willamette River Thursday evening nearly drowned downstream of Knickerbocker Bridge in Eugene.

According to Eugene Springfield fire, they were called with a report of a person who lost their floatie and was struggling in the water.

ESF said they arrived to find an unhoused person performing CPR on the victim on a gravel bar in the middle of the river…

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