On Saturday, August 20, 2011 at approximately 18:00 hours, operator and his sister were swimming in Watts Bar Lake near the Wide Spot Access Area. They had driven a 60' Sumerset houseboat from Blue Springs Marina to the area where they decided to cool off with a swim. Both were swimming with the "pool type noodles". They noticed that the vessel (TN-3723-BN) was drifting away and operator swam after the boat with the "noodle" under him. The sister stated, "he was about 50 yards from getting to the boat and he just stopped swimming". The sister waved down another boat and told them what was going on and they called 911. The assisting boat found the brother face down in the water still on top of the "noodle" about 50 yards from the houseboat. EMS from Meigs County and bystanders helped get the victims and boat to the Wide Spot Access Area where CPR was performed. operator was unresponsive to EMS efforts and was pronounced dead on the scene by Director of Meigs Co. EMS.  TWRA was dispatched at 18:27 hrs. and arrived on scene at approximately 18:46 hrs. on above date.
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