PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A veteran TriMet driver was steering his bus across Portland’s Steel Bridge over the Willamette River when he spotted a woman with one leg hoisted over the railing.
With nowhere to pull over, Rick Sound quickly parked the bus in the traffic lane Tuesday morning and ran out to grab the woman. Says Sound, “I thought I better do something quick.”
The driver grabbed the woman’s leg and held on as she struggled against him. He tells The Oregonian he recalled her saying something like “I just want to jump. Don’t stop me.”
A regular woman passenger on the No. 77 bus jumped out to help the driver. Then a passing federal immigration agent with handcuffs stopped to help and the trio brought the woman on board the bus while they waited for police.
