RedactedNarrative: A group of 3 men were on an unregistered paddle boat. They were about half-way across the lake when the paddle boat began taking on water and was getting low on one side. They started heading back toward shore. It became too hard to pedal so they got out of the paddle boat and were hanging on to the edge. 
  
  They decided to try to swim the paddle boat back to shore, but it started to take on too much water and started to sink. One of the men was not a very good swimmer and could not keep up with the other two. They attempted to help him, but he was pushing them away. 
  
  A PWC operator came over to help and saw the man go under the water, so he jumped in to help the man. He couldn't find the man in the water, so he got back on the PWC and called 911. The victim's body was recovered about 3 hours later. The Operator and the other Passenger were checked out on scene by ambulance personnel. Life jackets were not being worn and were not on board. Alcohol was not a factor. It is not known who the owner of the paddle boat was. The men on the boat did not know how it began taking on water, whether the plug had come out or if there was a crack in the boat.
  