RedactedNarrative: On August 3rd, 2020, at approximately 8:56 p.m., Kansas Dept. of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Natural Resource Officer was contacted by Neosho County Sheriff dispatch about a person that had gone over Barker''s dam in a kayak and capsized, but was able to get to shore and warn that several others, including children, were coming downstream in kayaks behind him. 
  
  Barker''s low water dam is located on the Neosho River in Neosho County, north of Chanute, KS and is a privately controlled non-navigable water way. NRO responded to the location, arriving at approximately 9:19 p.m., and met Sheriff Deputy and reporting party who explained he had just been notified the rest of the group had gotten out safely upstream at the 169 Highway bridge over the river. 
  
  NRO went to that location and made contact with everyone who had been on the water to ensure all were accounted for and uninjured. After making initial contact with the group, NRO spoke with the individual who had actually gone over the low water dam. The group had put their kayaks on the water at the Humboldt, KS dam and floated downstream with the intention of taking out of the water at an unplanned location prior to going over a low water dam. 
  
  OPERATOR explained he had been up ahead of the rest of the group and did not know they had taken off the water at the 169 highway bridge. OPERATOR continued on downstream. "Barker''s" low water dam is located on a blind curve in the river with little option for a location to get out of the water. 
  
  OPERATOR explained he had gone over the dam near the middle of the river and came out of his kayak, which was caught in the water boil and remained in the water after he escaped. OPERATOR also was caught in the boil and stated he struggled multiple times unsuccessfully to come vertically to the surface for a breath of air before swimming out from the bottom of the dam downstream and breaking the boil line, being swept downstream to some rocks, and then swimming to shore and going to the nearest house for help. 
  
  NRO asked OPERATOR if he needed medical attention and recommended being evaluated by EMS and OPERATOR agreed. Deputy requested EMS come to the location. While continuing to speak with OPERATOR, he stated he inhaled a lot of water and every time he bent over water would come out of his nose. He then continued saying he had a mild heart attack recently and began to have shallow, labored breathing, rapid heart rate, and shortness of breath. 
  
  EMS was updated to respond emergent and arrived at approximately 10:25 p.m. Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center EMS transported OPERATOR, leaving the location at approximately 10:37 p.m. 
  
  Permission from landowners had not been obtained to travel that section of Neosho River.