RedactedNarrative: On 7/29/15 Shawano Sheriff Office was notified of a stranded boat with occupants, and another two occupants were missing from the same boat for the last thirty minutes in the water of Shawano Lake. Law Enforcement responded to the location of call on Shawano Lake and found the stranded boat. An investigation lead to the following information Operator was operating a rented pontoon boat with three other occupants on the pontoon two were his sons and his father who was also in a wheelchair. The operator of the pontoon was pulling a tuber behind the pontoon. At one point in time the pontoon stopped and the tuber got off the tube into the water then tried to get back onto the tube but couldn't. At this time wind was blowing 20-30 knots with 2-3 foot waves. Operator then tried to turn the boat but the tow rope then got caught around the prop and stopped the motor. With the wind and waves the boat and tube then started to drift away. Victim then jumped into the water to try and help tuber but when he entered the water he began to struggle swimming right away. Tuber then said victim and he were in the water and started to swim toward shore. Tuber said just after they started swimming he heard victim say “I am drowning” and then saw about a two foot wave go over his head and never saw him above water again. Tuber said he then swam to shore where he could stand and then was found and picked up by the sheriff's office. Operator and passenger were drifting on the pontoon until they were helped by another rescue boat. A search for the victim started on 7/29/15 until 7/30/15 when he was located.
   