Twenty One Pilots performed at Ohio Stadium on October 17, 2026.
A Tense Moment High Above the Crowd
According to a Franklin County Sheriff's Office Facebook post, the deputies were working the concert when they responded to a woman experiencing a mental health crisis. The post, titled “Recognizing a life saving response,” states that Deputy Scott worked to talk the woman down, encouraging her to return to safer ground, while Deputy Mott and Medic DiSanza ran up a staircase to physically reach her.
The sheriff's office post credits all three responders with helping save the woman's life. Scott and Mott work for the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, while DiSanza is with the Columbus Division of Fire, per the same account.
The concert took place on October 17, 2026.
Echoes of Past Stadium and Garage Rescues
Dramatic railing rescues have played out elsewhere in recent years, though outcomes have varied widely. In 2013, a woman sat on a railing 45 feet above the ground at O.co Coliseum after the Oakland Raiders lost to the Tennessee Titans 23-19, according to Sports Illustrated. That woman ultimately fell and landed on a spectator who had tried to brace for the impact, leaving him with a bruised arm and an ankle injury that lingered for a month, the outlet reported.
A more recent case ended differently. In November 2024, Cincinnati police officers helped a distressed woman near the top of a parking garage, and after about three minutes were able to safely pull her from the edge, according to Police1. The Cincinnati Police Department later released body-worn camera footage of that rescue, the outlet noted.
The woman's identity and her condition following the Ohio Stadium incident have not been detailed in the available accounts. What is documented is the recognition itself: three Life Saving Award certificates bearing the names of Timothy Scott, Jonathan Mott and Jacob DiSanza, tied to a single night when a concert crowd's attention turned from the stage to a railing 60 feet in the air.
