Woman with breathing trouble walking near river in Newport, Newport TN


Emergency responders are dispatched to a location near Blueberry Way for a woman experiencing breathing difficulties. She has a history of COPD and emphysema and weighs about 140 pounds. The woman is moving on foot near a river, crossing it and walking toward the area near Cope. Responders are coordinating to locate and assist her.
Audio|Source: Cocke County Sheriff, Fire, and EMS, Newport Police and Fire
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Transcript:
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Be in route near Blueberry Way,
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a female there with trouble breathing with a history of COPD and emphysema. Patient weighs 140 pounds.
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You're enraud at 1319,
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and your run number is 6245.
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Pick it in not as well.
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Copy 50. 25, you want to go ahead and put new port fire on standby?
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No, she walked across the river.
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I'm halfway in it myself.
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You can get somebody over where the fish farms fields at.
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I'm in Ralph.
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Keep me advised where she's next to.
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She's walking on the other side of the river now.
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She's walking east or west?
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She's walking towards Cope.
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She's crossing it now.
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Get over,
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you get her.
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Stand for her. What's she wearing?
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Long sleep shirt, blue jeans,
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got her hair in a ponytail, dark brown hair.
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It's the headless coat.
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1050, it's going to be, she's going across the border pushboard,
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over across the bridge right past North Street there.
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Location mentioned:
Near Blueberry Way, Newport, TN 37821
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