Shortly after 2pm on 10MAR14 firefighters from the Harrisburg Bureau of Fire and the Rescue Fire Co of Susquehanna Township and the Harrisburg River Rescue responded to a person on the ice call on the Susquehanna River in Downtown Harrisburg.

They found a woman who was suffering from mental health issues approximately 150 feet from shore on rotten ice on the river.

Squad 8 and Rescue 37 personnel utilized Fortuna boat to execute a tethered rescue.

Here are the attached articles and media coverage on the incident as well as Squad 8’s Facebook page.

Squad 8 – https://www.facebook.com/pages/Squad-8-Harrisburg-Bureau-of-Fire/474281792652119?ref=hl

Rescue 37 – http://rescue37.com

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2014/03/firefighters_rescue_woman_from.html

http://www.abc27.com/story/24934126/woman-rescued-from-thawing-ice-of-susquehanna-river

http://local21news.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/woman-rescued-ice-susquehanna-river-6897.shtml#.Ux-EV9wwdGk

http://www.wgal.com/news/susquehanna-valley/dauphin/crew-rescues-woman-who-walked-onto-thinning-ice-over-susquehanna-river/24903084