Helicopter Swoops Into Richland, Confusing Neighbors & One Specific Cancer Patient

Posted: Aug 28, 2014 5:47 PM PDT
Updated: Aug 28, 2014 5:47 PM PDT
Posted by Don Granese, News Reporter

RICHLAND, WA – A helicopter swooping down and scanning the nearby Yakima River with men rappelling down on lines. That’s what nervous residents in a Richland neighborhood said they witnessed Wednesday night.

NBC Right Now got to the bottom of who these men were and what they were doing. The “men” were in fact officers. Multiple neighbors who live on Jones Road described the helicopter as scanning the river, hovering in close to one spot and then making its way out of the area.

As the helicopter came close to a family swimming, they claimed their son almost drowned from the helicopter wind gusts.

http://www.nbcrightnow.com/story/26399270/helicopter-swoops-into-richland-confusing-neighbors-one-specific-cancer-patient