AT 1420 HOURS ON 3/7/10 WHILE PATROLLING WHITE RIVER OUT OF MY COMMISSION, I CAME UPON A BOAT ACCIDENT SCENE BEING WORKED BY THE NOBLESVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT BELOW THE CLARE DAM.  THERE WERE TWO BOATS TRAPPED AGAINST THE FACE OF THE DAM AT THE TIME I ARRIVED.  ONE OF THEM, A SMALL GREEN V-HULL FISHING BOAT WITH AN OUTBOARD MOTOR WAS OVERTURNED IN THE BOIL.  THE OTHER BOAT, ONE OF NOBLESVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S FLATBOTTOMS WITH A 20-HP JET OUTBOARD WAS OCCUPIED BY THREE FIREFIGHTERS AND THE VICTIM FROM THE OTHER BOAT.  THE FLATBOTTOM WAS PINNED AGAINST THE FACE OF THE DAM ON THE STARBOARD SIDE AND HAD A THROWBAG LINE SECURED TO THE BOW.  SEVERAL OTHER FIREFIGHTERS WERE PULLING ON THE LINE FROM A SMALL ISLAND BELOW THE DAM IN AN EFFORT TO FREE IT.  AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES OF TRYING THEY WERE ABLE TO PIVOT THE BOW OF THE BOAT DOWNSTREAM, ALLOWING THE OPERATOR TO ENGAGE THE MOTOR AND POWER OUT OF THE BOIL.
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