DOMESTIC TERRORISM: Emergency life flights forced to divert from Portland hospital as leftists shoot lasers in attempt to crash CBP helicopters pic.twitter.com/JexYCFkGeG
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) October 12, 2025
Portland’s top trauma hospital had to shut down its helicopter pad because activists pointed lasers at federal aircraft. Not in the suburbs, not out in the woods, but right over the city. The media called it a “laser party” as if it were harmless. It was not. It was an organized attempt to blind pilots flying over neighborhoods packed with people. Life flights were rerouted, and patients in critical condition were caught in the middle.
“Medical helicopters will not be landing at OHSU Saturday night because of reports lasers may be shined at Customs and Border Patrol helicopters sent in to support ICE operations… Life Flight will land at other airports and patients will be taken to the hospital by ambulance, which could take as much as an hour… For patients with serious injuries, the delay could have real impacts.”
https://www.koin.com/news/portland/life-flights-diverted-from-ohsu-over-laser-threat/
That hour matters. A stroke patient can lose half their brain in that time. A gunshot victim can bleed out before the ambulance even hits the highway. Yet the city did not call a press conference. The governor said nothing. The media turned the story into a footnote.
The flyer behind it came from a group called Rose City Counter-Info. It did not just promote protest. It taught sabotage. It told people to wear gloves, clean devices with alcohol, and destroy laser pointers to hide DNA. It told them to hit the federal helicopters flying over the hospital.
“Unleash your beam at the cop copter… Mask up. Leave no trace.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ohsu-says-emergency-flights-will-be-diverted-amid-laser-party-aimed-at-helicopters-circling-over-portland-ice-facility/
Air ambulances refused to land. Multiple providers said it was too dangerous. So instead of a ten minute flight, emergency teams had to fly elsewhere and drive patients to OHSU by road. That extra hour can be the line between life and death. The hospital issued a safety warning. The city stayed quiet.
“A call to shine laser lights into the sky in an effort to disrupt federal helicopters flying over South Portland has prompted serious safety concerns… The flyer included instructions on how to avoid detection and dispose of devices without leaving DNA.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/emergency-flights-diverted-from-portland-hospital-amid-laser-party-threats-at-ice-facility-report/
This is not the first time. The FBI arrested four people in Portland last month for the same kind of attacks on aircraft. It keeps happening, and each time officials pretend it is isolated. It is not. The flyers look tactical. The language reads like training. It is escalating because no one is paying attention.
If one of those pilots had gone blind and a helicopter went down over downtown, the story would have led every network. But because disaster was narrowly avoided, the media shrugged and moved on. That is the problem. The city is waiting for a body count before it acts.
This is not about left or right. It is about what happens when violence hides behind politics and the press calls it activism. Shining lasers at pilots over hospitals is not protest. It is sabotage. And Portland’s silence is starting to look like permission.