RedactedNarrative: Three persons were operating in three separate vessels on the river when they approached a low head dam.  Two of the operators pulled their vessels off of the river as they approached the low head dam; the third operator (Vessel 1 in this incident) proceeded onward and went over the dam.  Vessel 1 capsized and the Operator of Vessel 1 fell out of Vessel 1; witnesses stated that they saw Vessel 1 overturned below the dam and heard the Operator yelling.  One of the other Operators, now on shore with their vessel out of the water, entered the water from shore without a PFD on to try to rescue the Operator of Vessel 1.  Witnesses reported seeing both parties go out of sign downriver.  The body of the Operator of Vessel 1 was recovered a short time later approximately 251 yards downstream of the dam.  The body of the party that entered from shore to assist the initial Victim was recovered shortly after approximately 148 yards downstream of the dam.
  
  The second Victim in this incident (the party that left from shore to assist the Victim) is not being included in this report as a reportable boating fatality based on the following exception:
  A person dies, is injured, or is missing as a result of swimming to retrieve an object or a vessel that is adrift from its mooring or dock, having departed from a place of inherent safety, such as the shore or pier.
   