AT 9:30AM WIFE DROPPED HUSBAND OFF AT PRIVATE LANDING ON LAKE TO GO FISHING. WIFE RETURNED AT 12:30PM TO PICK HUSBAND UP. SHE HEARD NO REPONSE TO HER CAR HORN OR VOCAL CALLS. WIFE THEN STOPPED AT LAKE RESIDENCE OF OFF DUTY COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF FOR ASSISTANCE. DEPUTY USING PERSONAL CANOE LOCATED HUSBAND IN WATER NEAR HIS BOAT NEAR A BOG. DEPUTY WAS UNABLE TO GET HUSBAND INTO HIS CANOE. SOON OTHER EMERGENCY PERSONNEL WERE AT SCENE AND WERE ABLE TO GET HUSBAND-VICTIM TO SHORE & TRANSPORTED TO MEDICAL CENTER WHERE HE WAS TREATED FOR HYPOTHERMIA. VICTIM ESTIMATED HE WAS IN THE WATER ABOUT 3 HOURS.
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