Update: Rescue response off Beach Drive; everybody OK

(WSB photo)
3:34 PM: Rescuers are headed to 63rd/Beach Drive to look for a report of two people on a raft that might be having trouble getting back to shore. More to come.

3:38 PM UPDATE: Via scanner, we’re hearing that the scene is a bit further south, by the Harbor West condos-on-pilings, and that Harbor Patrol has made contact with the two people, “neither in need of medical attention, all persons accounted for,” so most of the rescue response will be canceled.

5 Replies to "Update: Rescue response off Beach Drive; everybody OK"

  • JanS February 17, 2015 (3:39 pm)

    well, lots of sirens…but that’s the usual…going past Admiral and Calif.

    • WSB February 17, 2015 (3:44 pm)

      It was a full “salt-water rescue response” for a bit, and that’s why.

  • olddumbguy February 17, 2015 (3:49 pm)

    Chopper overhead now

    • WSB February 17, 2015 (3:50 pm)

      If so, it’s just a TV chopper trying to catch up. Public safety helicopter NOT deployed, and the people are long since out of the water.

  • Susan February 17, 2015 (3:57 pm)

    Yes – KIRO chopper.

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