RedactedNarrative: On 5/29/21 at approximately 2118 hours, I was notified by dispatch that there was a missing swimmer.  I arrived on scene shortly afterwards and heard several cries for help coming from the south.  The incident location is Lake Lanier, located in Hall County, in the area of Shoal Creek Campground near site 49 (waters of the state of Georgia).
  	I brought my vessel to the sound of the voices and saw a small raft sitting in the water near a boathouse located just south of the campground.  When I arrived at the raft, I observed two adult females and a juvenile male and a juvenile female on board.  There were no life jackets on board.  The male juvenile said that their friend, later determined to be the victim, had jumped off the boat near the campground to get a paddle that fell off the raft.  The wind blew them towards the boathouse to the south and their friend was last seen trying to swim towards their raft with the paddle. This had occurred approximately 20 minutes before my arrival.  
  	Concerned for the safety of everyone on board, I had them put on life jackets and board my vessel.  I transported them and their raft to site 60 at Shoal Creek Campground.  During this time, they led me to where they last saw their friend, near site 49, and the fire department located a floating paddle there.  I dropped their raft off at site 60 with the consent of one of the adults on board and picked up some fire fighters there.  I ferried the fire fighters to their rescue boat and dropped off the occupants of the raft on the bank near site 49.
  	As I tried to gather information about the incident, the two adult females said that they could not write very well and did not leave written statements.  A passenger said that their friend got out of the raft to retrieve a paddle.  He was last seen swimming towards their raft as the wind blew them away from him.  The juvenile male said that he could write a statement and it is attached to this report.  Another witness, who did not wish to leave his name, wrote another statement which is also attached to this report.  I have attached a diagram of the incident as well.  Photographs of the raft are located on the Departments Visual Labs system.
  