Based on available evidence and witness statements:

On April 3, 2013 at approximately 16:25 hours, operator was fishing from a 1992 17 foot Basstracker boat with his ten year old granddaughter on Douglas Lake in Jefferson County, TN.  Operator stated that he was sitting in a pedestal seat in the front of the boat when he reached down for a fishing pole and his seat broke and he fell into the water.  He was unable to get himself back into the boat and told his granddaughter how to operate the trolling motor.  She drove the boat to a private boat dock at East Atherton Lane in Baneberry where a bystander assisted him in tying off his boat and he was able to get out of the water.  

Operator stated that the water temperature was about 50 degrees and that he was in the water for about 20 minutes.  It was around 30 minutes before he got into the ambulance and his core body temperature dropped to around 92 degrees.  He was admitted into Newport Medical Center.
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