Ore. firefighters rescue man pinned between concrete wall, quarry stone

Bystanders spotted a man 10–15 feet down a crevice in Eugene, and firefighters rescued him after finding him pinned and unresponsive with a body temperature of 76 degrees

January 20, 2026 09:33 AM

By Sami Edge
oregonlive.com

EUGENE, Ore. — Firefighters in Eugene on Sunday rescued a man stuck inside a crevice near the Willamette River.

Bystanders walking along a river diversion near the University of Oregon saw a person stuck 10 or 15 feet down a crevice and called 911 around noon, Eugene Springfield Fire said in a statement.

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Firefighters found the person pinned between a concrete wall and a quarry stone. The man, in his mid-30’s, was unresponsive and had a body temperature of just 76 degrees, the agency said.

“If not for those attentive bystanders, the victim would not have survived much longer,” the agency said in a statement.

Firefighters transported the man to a Springfield hospital in critical condition, they said.

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