RedactedNarrative: ON 11/12/2022 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 HOURS IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE OPERATOR OF BOAT 1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO TRAVEL DOWNSTREAM THROUGH BALCONY FALLS (JAMES RIVER) WITHIN BEDFORD COUNTY ON A RAFT. 
  
  UPON BEING EJECTED FROM BOAT 1, THE OPERATOR WAS UNABLE TO SWIM TO SAFETY DUE TO THE ROUGH WATER CONDITIONS AND WAS NOT WEARING A PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICE. THE VICTIM'S BODY WAS RECOVERED ON 12/7/2022 IN THE AREA OF THE CUSHAW DAM.