Overview

• OHSU said multiple air ambulance providers refused rooftop helipad landings Saturday night and routed to nearby airports, triggering ground transfers.
• The diversions added an estimated 45–60 minutes for patients, with OHSU warning of potential impacts for unstable trauma, STEMI and stroke cases.
• The move followed an online Rose City Counter-Info flyer urging a 9 p.m. "laser tag" aimed at federal aircraft with tips to avoid identification.
• Portland police reported no confirmed laser strikes during the planned action and reiterated that aiming lasers at aircraft violates state and federal law.
• DHS and the Port of Portland highlighted safety risks and increased federal helicopter activity, and officials referenced late-September arrests after an alleged laser strike on a CBP helicopter.