RedactedNarrative: On Monday May 13, 2019, Officer was called by victim. Operator1 indicated that on May 12, 2019 at approximately 11:15 am he was on a river trip down the south skunk  in his 12 foot row boat and was rowing face forward in the boat.  the day was dark with off and on rain and the wind was blowing about 10-15 mph.  As Operator1 started around a sharp bend to the right, the current pulled him into a dead tree that had fallen into the river. 
  
  The victim rowed hard to avoid it but was pulled in.  Some branches of the fallen tree caught his boat, flipped it over and threw him into the water.  Operator1 was wearing a rain suit and a flotation vest.  He held onto the gunnel with one hand and swam toward the closest (right) bank.  Operator1 was carried by the current about 100 yards before grabbing a root sticking out of the bank.  
  
  The bank was about 6-8 feet high and vertical and not climbable.  He tied the bowline to the root and with great difficulty righted the boat.  The water was perhaps 6 ft deep so he bailed out the boat by reaching over the side and using a quart container and a bucket.  The victim then climbed back into the boat over the bow and started to organize his tangled up gear. he untied the bowline from the root and again started to straighten his gear as the boat floated backwards.  The boat had gone about 20 yards when it bumped something under water , capsized again, & again throwing the victim into the water.  It is believed that the anchor fell out in the initial tip and tangled up in a sunken root ball.  
  
  The victim was able to cling to the stern and then found that he could stand on the submerged root ball while he held the boat  The water was up to his armpit as he stood on the root ball.  He reached into his shirt pocket for his phone to call for help but the phone was waterlogged and dead.  He remembered he had another phone in a dry bag and was able to locate it as all his gear was fastened to a line just under the gunnel, by spring clips.  He called 911 and was rescued at approximately 3:15 pm.  Operator1 was treated for hypothermia and released from the hospital.
  