Vessel #1 was a 14 foot raft with 4 persons on board.  The operator broke an oar at the entrance of the "let's make a deal" rapids.  The vessel got caught between a rock pillar and the rapid and the operator could not get the vessel free from danger.  After being pinned against the pillar for about 5 minutes and being washed out of the vessel once, the occupants were forced to leave the vessel and try to swim to another vessel.  Three occupants were able to swim to another vessel and get to an island.  The victim was not strong enough to swim out of the eddy and rapids.  He was washed back to the stranded vessel where he hung onto the side and kept getting pulled under by the vessel.  He was eventually pulled under for a time of about 3 to 5 minutes and drowned.  The victim resurfaced and floated to the island where the others had swam.  CPR was performed on the victim.
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