ON 6/20/2013 AT APPROX 1618HRS LAKE MEAD DISPATCH RECEIVED A REPORT OF A DROWNING VICTIM THAT HAD BEEN UNDER WATER FOR FIVE MINUTES NEAR HOOVER DAM. MULTIPLE UNITS RESPONDED BY VESSEL FROM CLVILLE BAY AND VEGAS BAY MARINA. AT APPROX 1643HRS THE REPORTING PARTY WAS CONTACTED BETWEEN PAINTERS COVE AND CASTLE REEF ABOARD A RENTAL PNTOON BOAT FROM VEGAS BAY MARINA. THE REPORTING PARTY STATED THAT HER HUSBAND WENT FOR A SWIM. MOMENTS LATER HE STARTED TO STRUGGLE DUE TO HIGH WINDS AND WAVES. LIFE JACKETS AND A TYPE 4 THOWABLE WERE THROWN TO HIM BUT HE COULD NOT REACH THEM. HE WAS SUBMERGED IMMEDIATLY ACCORDING TO HIS WIFE. A HASTY SEARCH AND GRID SEARCH WERE INITIATED BY THE RESPONDING VESSELS. THE SEARCH WAS CALLED OFF DUE TO LOW VISABILITY, HIGH WINDS AND WAVES AT APPROX 1830HRS. THE VICTIM WAS NOT LOCATED AT THAT TIME.
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