Victim had gone out in his kayak about 11:00am. He fished for several hours. He then pulled his cigarettes out of his pocket, and dropped them into the lake. When he grabbed for them, he tipped the kayak over and went into the water. He was not wearing a pfd and there was not one in the kayak. He hung on to the kayak and yelled for help. A woman who lived on the lake heard something outside, looked out and saw victim in the water. She called 911 and jumped into her paddle boat and started out toward victim. A canoe with 2 males had come from the other side of the lake and arrived just before the paddle boat. They held the victim above the water until authorities arrived in their air boat. They pulled the victim into the air boat, brought him to shore where he was loaded into the ambulance and brought to the hospital ER, suffering from hypothermia. The 2 males in the canoe were never identified. It is not known how long the victim was in the water.
Lindstrom                     