Composite story
Cleveland firefighters pull a woman from Mill Creek in a two-hour overnight rope rescue
Cleveland, OhioPublished 6 Sep 2026
Tim Evanson / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
A Metroparks officer found her after midnight near Mill Creek Falls. Crews used a basket from a nearby bridge. Outlets disagree on the bridge and on whether she jumped or fell.
Cleveland firefighters spent nearly two hours early Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, pulling a woman from Mill Creek after a Cleveland Metroparks officer found her near Mill Creek Falls. News 5 and Hoodline said crews set ropes off the Warner Road bridge; 19 News said the high-angle rescue was near the Broadway Avenue bridge and that she had fallen about 40 feet. News 5 called her 18 and said she jumped; 19 News said she had fallen; Hoodline said authorities had not confirmed how she entered the creek. She was taken to a hospital. Fox 8's page would not load.
Shared opinions
None yet.
Disputed opinions
None yet.
Cleveland firefighters rescue woman who jumped from bridge into Mill Creek
Published 3 Sep 2026 accessed 6 Sep 2026
Facts
The woman rescued from Mill Creek was 18.
Opinion
No opinion marked.
Cleveland firefighters rescue woman who had fallen off bridge
Published 3 Sep 2026 accessed 6 Sep 2026
Facts
A young woman had fallen into Mill Creek about 40 feet below the bridge.
Assistant Public Information Officer John Kearns told 19 News about the fall.
Firefighters lowered a rescuer to the woman.
Cleveland Fire said the woman appeared to be stable.
Opinion
No opinion marked.
Cleveland Firefighters Rescue Woman From Mill Creek
Published 3 Sep 2026 accessed 6 Sep 2026
Facts
Cleveland fire crews rappelled off the Warner Road bridge.
Authorities have not publicly confirmed how the woman entered the creek.
The Warner Road bridge is near Mill Creek Falls and Slavic Village, on the northern edge of Garfield Park Reservation.
Mill Creek Falls is a 48-foot drop recorded as the tallest waterfall in Cuyahoga County.
Mill Creek Falls was artificially formed in 1905 when the Pennsylvania Railroad diverted the creek.
The creek powered Northeast Ohio's first gristmill in 1799 in the former village of Newburgh.
Cleveland Fire officials have warned that urban creek banks in Cuyahoga County become extremely slippery after rain.
Mill Creek's watershed drains 18.9 square miles across Cuyahoga County toward the Cuyahoga River.
Officials urge residents to follow turn-around-don't-drown guidance near steep or rising streams.
Crews have also used ropes and a tethered rescue boat to pull a teenager stranded in a tree above Big Creek in Brookside Reservation.
Opinion
No opinion marked.