Upon arrival in the area of 3100 S. Riverside Dr., officers were informed that a male had floated down the river towards the I-44 Bridge.  TFD personnel were able to locate the victim floating in the 4800 block on the west side of the river.  They pulled the victim onto their boat and then to shore and started CPR.  EMSA transported the victim to St. Francis hospital where the victim was pronounced dead at 11:51 a.m.  It was estimated that the victim had been in the water approximately 25 minutes before being pulled from the river.  I then contacted the original caller who had seen the victim in the river.  witness stated that she did not see the victim before he entered the low water dam under the pedestrian bridge struggling to hang on to his kayak.  She stated he was already out of the kayak and had struggled for 3-4 minutes, went under water for a few seconds and then came back up struggling.  She further stated that he was wearing his pfd and lost hold of the kayak.  She then lost sight of him as he floated down river.
Tulsa                         