WHILE VESSEL WAS 1/2 THROUGH RAPID, IT HIT A LARGE DROP AND A BACKWASH FLUSHED VICTIMS 1 & 2 OVERBOARD.  THEY REAPPEARED AND WERE HOLDING ONTO THE PERIMETER LINES OF THE VESSEL, BUT SEEMED CONFUSED.  AFTER THE RAPID, VICTIMS LET GO, GOING TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE RIVER AS THE VESSEL.  VICTIM 1 WAS RECOVED BY THE VESSEL AND WAS NON-RESPONSIVE TO CPR.  VICTIM 2 WAS FOUND 9 MILES DOWNSTREAM.  THIS AREA IS CONSIDERED CALSS IV-V AND WAS FLOWING AT APPROXIMATELY 1,850 CFS.  THE RIVER WAS UNDER A HIGH WATER ADVISORY AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT.
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