RedactedNarrative: On 5/27/2016 at approximately 430pm I received a call by radio from the Southwest Regional Dispatch Center.  They reported that they had received a 911 call from a passenger on a pontoon boat.   He told the dispatchers that they had just pulled a female victim out of the water and that another person was still missing in the water.
  
  Myself and MEO responded by patrol boat from Kettle Top.  We were able to locate two pontoon boats approximately 1 mile due East of Smiley Cove (Hot Springs Landing) near the center of the lake.  One of the pontoon boats (NM 6160 AX) was flagging us down.  As we came alongside the boat we were informed that they had pulled Injured victim out of the water.  They stated the female was floating face down and was unconscious in the water.  When they pulled her into their boat she regained consciousness and began breathing. The female victim (Injured victim) was repeatedly saying "Where is my husband?" and "Please find him".
  
  The passengers on board the pontoon boat (NM 6160 AX) informed us that they had pulled Injured victim out of the water approximately 10-15 minutes before we arrived on scene.  We had Injured victim board our vessel so we could transport her to the Hot Springs Landing Courtesy Dock where we had staged an ambulance.  While transporting her to the ambulance, MEO was able to obtain a description of the missing boater Deceased victim.  MEO and Boating Manager arrived on scene around 500pm.  We asked Manager to obtain statements and contact information from the passengers of rental pontoon/victims boat (NM 3901 EC) that was involved with this incident.  MEO and Manager then initiated a search for the missing boater using the side scan sonar system on their patrol boat. I then positioned my patrol boat in a location based on wind direction and factored in the time delay to mark the possible position/way point where the two victims were last seen in the water.  The State Police Dive Team also arrived on scene and marked the possible location of the drowning.  They then started a side scan sonar search of the area as well.  
  
  We then transported Injured victim to the Hot Springs Courtesy Dock where she was later transported to Sierra Vista Hospital in Truth or Consequences, NM.  We then went back out to the accident scene and obtained the following information from a passenger on board the pontoon boat (NM 6160 AX) that pulled Injured victim out of the water.  Subject1 stated that they were traveling south towards Rattlesnake Island when they noticed a pontoon boat with a passenger waving a skier down flag.  As they were passing the pontoon they could hear someone yelling "Help them".  As they approached the area they could see one person in the water.  When they got close enough to help her, they realized that she was unconscious and floating face down in the water.  A passenger from a vessel with registration numbers NM 6160 AX jumped into the water to rescue Injured victim. He and passengers on their vessel were then able to pull Injured victim on board their boat.  As they were pulling her into the boat she regained consciousness and was breathing on her own.  Subject1 then called 911 and waited for us to arrive.
  
  After getting statements from the passengers on board the pontoon boat that rescued Injured victim, MEO drove the rental pontoon with the three remaining passengers (NM 3901 EC) to the Hot Springs Courtesy Dock where they were transported by Park Rangers to the Richard Cooper Training Center. We then contacted Marina Del Sur and informed them of the incident and asked them to retrieve their rental boat from the Hot Springs Courtesy Dock.  At this point, Manager and MEO remained on scene to assist the NM State Police Dive Boat with the search. Manager released me and MEO from the scene so we could respond to other calls on the lake around 630pm.  
  
  At 700pm myself and MEO got off the water and went to the hospital to interview Injured victim (recording # 341 0052).   Injured victim told us that they had rented the pontoon boat from Marina del Sur at 100pm for three hours.  Sometime after 400pm they stopped the boat so they could swim.  Injured victim was the only one that entered the water, and was swimming.  She told us that the current was pushing her away from the boat and she was starting to swallow some water and was getting scared.  She told MEO that she started to have a "panic attack".  Someone on board the pontoon boat threw a "boogie board" to her in an effort to help her.  She asked her husband come get her with the boat.  Injured victim told me that her husband jumped in and swam over to her to help her.  She then stated they both began to struggle in the water.  The passengers on board the victim's boat attempted to throw a ski rope and possibly a life jacket to them in an effort to rescue them, but they could not reach her and her husband.  She told me that they could see another pontoon boat approaching them in the water.  She said she does not remember anything from that point until she regained consciousness on the pontoon boat that rescued her. 
  
  Manager and MEO remained on scene until 100am 5/28/16 assisting the NM State Police Dive Boat.  On 5/28/2016 the NM State Police Dive Team was staging at the Marina Del Sur Boat Ramp preparing an effort to recover the victim from the lake.
  No law enforcement action has been taken at this time.
  
  Recorder Number 341-048 and 341-052
  
  End of Preliminary Report
  
  
  6/7/2016  
  
  The body of victim 2 of vessel A (Deceased victim) was recovered on the surface of Elephant Butte Lake.  There were no obvious signs of foul play.  OMI reports and autopsy findings are to follow.
   
  