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Uploaded: Thursday, October 4, 2012, 8:33 AM
Firefighters rescue woman from creek
Woman, 56, lifted from dry creek after 40-foot fall
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Firefighters from Palo Alto and Menlo Park worked together Wednesday evening, Oct. 3, to rescue a 56-year-old woman who had fallen 40 feet into a dry creek, according to Palo Alto Fire Battalion Chief Chris Woodard.
The Menlo Park Fire Protection District requested assistance from the Palo Alto Fire Department after receiving a call that a person had fallen into the dry creek between Stanford West and the Oak Creek Apartments at approximately 6 p.m., Woodard stated in a press release.
The woman had fallen from the Palo Alto side and was suffering from "bilateral wrist and right leg pain with a possible loss of consciousness," Woodard stated.
The woman was "packaged in full C-spine precautions" and lifted out of the creek using a "stokes basket," according to Woodard. She was then taken to Stanford University Hospital and was alert and responsive. The rescue effort lasted approximately 20 to 30 minutes, Woodard stated.— Tyler Hanley Are you receiving Express, our free daily e-mail edition? See a sample and sign-up for Express.
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Posted by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Oct 4, 2012 at 9:18 am I am so pleased this woman was rescued in a timely manner and hope she recovers completely.
I am more interested in knowing how this happened. Was she somewhere she shouldn't be, was she intoxicated or impaired in some way? Is there a fence or something to prevent this sort of thing from occuring again?
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Posted by alan, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood, on Oct 4, 2012 at 10:11 am I just saw a parade of Firefighters at Forest avenue... What is happening?
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Posted by Tyler Hanley, online editor of Palo Alto Online, on Oct 4, 2012 at 10:27 am
Tyler Hanley is a member (registered user) of Palo Alto Online Alan: Likely what you saw on Forest was part of the 19th Annual Peninsula Firefighters Burn Relay. The relay started at Moffett Field and is headed to San Francisco, with a stop at Palo Alto City Hall. Here's a link for more information about the relay: Web Link
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Posted by Jan H, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood, on Oct 4, 2012 at 12:56 pm Anyone know how the poor woman fell into the creek, or how long she was there before being seen or heard? She could have been there for hours, or days, even! She is SO lucky to have a happy ending.
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Posted by Gravity, a resident of the Greendell/Walnut Grove neighborhood, on Oct 4, 2012 at 2:07 pm Sometimes people just fall, but we all sure want it to be more interesting than that don't we ;)
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Posted by Anon., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood, on Oct 4, 2012 at 3:23 pm > Sometimes people just fall, but we all sure want it to be more interesting than that don't we ;)
Normally people do not walk anywhere close enough to the creek that they would be able to fall in even if they did trip. So the question is was this woman doing something other than just walking along the sidewalk? Was she so instance a homeless person who was taking cover in the bushes, or someone just admiring the creek?
There is likely some story here, it's hard to fall into the creek ... take a look sometime.
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Posted by Gunn Class of 67, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood, on Oct 4, 2012 at 3:29 pm Hooray for the firefighters! What an experience for all.
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Posted by peacemaker, a member of the Palo Alto High School community, on Oct 4, 2012 at 5:05 pm Thank you for a job well done PAFD!!
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Posted by Sharon, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Oct 4, 2012 at 7:20 pm Great job by MPFD and PAFD
There is a lot of interesting wild life in the creek even during the dry period.
What was the woman doing there?
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