On 9/6/2010 at approximately 5 am Conservation Officer was notified of a potential drowning by the Lucas County Iowa Sheriff's Office.  Officer responded to the scene at Williamson Pond in Lucas County.  Officer as well as several other Conservation Officers assisted the Lucas County Fire & Rescue as well as the Appanoose County Dive team to locate the body at approximately 11:45 am on 9/6/2010.  Officer investigated the occurrence and found that three other people besides Victim were in a small fishing vessel owened by another person at approximately 1 am on 9/6/2010.  Occupant stood up to urinate. At that time, the victim grabbed the sweatshirt of occupant’s which shifted the weight of the boat and caused it to tip over.  An attempt was made to overturn the vessel but failed.  All of the individuals had been drinking alcohol and no life jackets were located in the vessel at the time of the occurrence.  Owner/operator started swimming to shore but his clothes were weighing him down so he started to take off his clothes.  He also started to yell to the other occupants to take off their clothes to help them swim.  The last time the occupants of the vessel heard from victim, Victim was him acknowledging about taking his clothes off to help himself swim.
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