Portland anarchists’ illegal laser plot disrupts hospital’s lifesaving helicopters

Portland anarchists’ illegal laser plot disrupts hospital’s lifesaving helicopters

A Portland trauma hospital’s emergency helicopters were forced to divert, significantly adding to their travel time, when local anarchists threatened to “ground” aircraft with laser lights — a federal crime. Oregon Health & Science University told KGW that several air ambulance vendors refused to land on the hospital’s helipad Saturday evening because of the planned attack. The threatened interruption to air travel added 45 to 60 minutes of trav…