Overview
- Police said a 45-year-old woman was reported swimming in the Weser around 12:10 near the boat harbor and was pulled from the water by DGzRS rescuers.
- The woman resisted after reaching shore and was restrained by responders before being taken to psychiatric care, according to a police spokesperson.
- Rescue helicopter Christoph 6 circled the scene and the lifeboat Hermann Rudolf Meyer deployed as the emergency interrupted the program.
- The ceremony then proceeded before several hundred spectators at Punkendeich, with the tailor weighed, the iron confirmed hot, and a boat crossing leading to the usual verdict that the river is not frozen.
- Originating in 1829, the event culminates in a January 17 feast at Bremen’s Congress Centrum and raises donations for the DGzRS, with €607,764 reported in 2025.