A man reportedly fell from a window early this morning prompting a large medic response on First Hill just below PIke/Pine. At 5:08 AM, an ambulance, a fire engine and a medic unit were dispatched to the scene. Six minutes later, the department’s Ladder 10 unit and another medic unit were also dispatched. We currently have no additional information about the man or his condition.
We received the following account from neighbor Swift Albero:
At 5:30 am, I woke up to huge cop and ambulance response at 903 Union. Looks like a guy fell out of a 8th story window…
We’ve contacted the Seattle Fire Department for more details. Will update when we have more.
I was in a deep sleep until I was slowly awaken by the sound of echoing walkie-talkies and the voice of a woman in panic. There was a sick feeling that something was not right. I got up, walked to the window and parted the blinds to see the fire department, ambulance and police in the courtyard below. The man was wearing a neck brace and strapped to a board while 7 or 8 paramedics lifted him out of the ivy covered concrete ground below and onto a stretcher. Looking straight across, it was evident where he fell from, as the curtains had been yanked towards the outside of his 8th floor window. I can’t see how someone could survive the fall, but because of the fact that they weren’t pulling a sheet over his head, he was definitely still alive at the time.
Thanks. I’ll continue to check with SFD on this but haven’t heard back from them yet.