{"id":2815,"date":"2015-06-29T07:59:13","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T14:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.americanriverwildlife.com\/?p=2815"},"modified":"2015-06-29T07:59:13","modified_gmt":"2015-06-29T14:59:13","slug":"rage-on-the-river-makes-busy-day-for-emergency-crews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.americanriverwildlife.com\/?p=2815","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Rage On The River\u2019 Makes Busy Day For Emergency Crews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script src=\"http:\/\/CBSSAC.images.worldnow.com\/interface\/js\/WNVideo.js?rnd=697566;hostDomain=video.sacramento.cbslocal.com;playerWidth=620;playerHeight=349;isShowIcon=true;clipId=11638518;flvUri=;partnerclipid=;adTag=News;advertisingZone=CBS.SAC%252Fworldnowplayer;enableAds=true;landingPage=;islandingPageoverride=false;playerType=STANDARD_EMBEDDEDscript;controlsType=overlay\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A large fight at the Swabbies bar caused quite a commotion \u2013 just one of the many incidents authorities responded to Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, there were more than a dozen police cars at the scene. Officers say no one was seriously injured. Law enforcement was already out in force along the river for the alcohol-filled \u201cRage on the River\u201d event that takes places every year.<\/p>\n<p>In more scary moments, two women had to be rescued near Discovery Park.<\/p>\n<p>Sacramento firefighters rushed to the area to perform CPR. While they couldn\u2019t say what led up to the emergency, witnesses say the person fell off a boat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen when she fell off the boat, the policeman just came over there, they took her over here and they were just pumping her heart,\u201d said witness Latina Dawson. \u201cThey were just pumping and pumping for like 10 or 15 minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It happened around 5:30 p.m. \u2013 the same time crews had to react to another person who was unresponsive.<\/p>\n<p>Both were taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have kids and grandkids, and I don\u2019t want to see that happen to no one,\u201d said Iris Garner, another witness.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s something emergency responders were prepared for. Rage on the River attracts tens of thousands to the Discovery Park area every year.<\/p>\n<p>And the alcohol was flowing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year we had the same event. We did over 20 rescues in a two-hour period.\u00a0 And this year we were very well prepared,\u201d said Roberto Padilla with the Sacramento Fire Department.<\/p>\n<p>With three Sacramento Fire boats out on the water and multiple law enforcement agencies from surrounding areas keeping watch, there was a major effort to prevent drownings.<\/p>\n<p>More at <a href=\"http:\/\/sacramento.cbslocal.com\/2015\/06\/28\/rage-on-the-river-makes-busy-day-for-emergency-crews\/\" target=\"_blank\">cbslocal.com<\/a> &gt;&gt;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A large fight at the Swabbies bar caused quite a commotion \u2013 just one of the many incidents authorities responded to Sunday. At one point, there were more than a dozen police cars at the scene. Officers say no one was seriously injured. 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