RedactedNarrative: According to the operator’s statement and the investigation to date:
  
          On Sunday, May 10th, 2020, at approximately 10:30 AM, Operator 1 was fishing from a 1980 Loweline 16'' jon boat on the North Fork of the Holston River. Operator 1 was drifting, using an anchor dragged behind the vessel to slow his speed.  This anchor was tied to the stern of the vessel. The anchor caught on an underwater obstruction, which pulled the stern of the vessel underwater, causing the vessel to swamp, then capsize.  
  
  Operator 1 was able to swim to shore, where another unidentified individual called 911 and his wife. Operator 1's wife called Operator 2, who was fishing in another vessel upstream of the incident site. Operator 2 came to Operator 1's location, and the two of them attempted to recover Operator 1's vessel. 
  
  Operator 1 and Operator 2 were able to tie a rope from Operator 1's vessel to Operator 2's vessel, but the river current pulled both vessels downstream toward the closed river zone at the Holston Army Ammunition Plant. Just before the vessels entered the closed zone, Operator 2 cut the rope and allowed his vessel to drift on downstream. Operator 2 and Operator 1 then travelled back upstream to the Kingsport River Front Park boat ramp, where they took Operator 1's vessel off the water.
  
          They both travelled by land to the downstream end of the Holston Army Ammunition Plant closed river zone, and were able to recover several items from Operator 1's vessel. The vessel itself became entangled on an old bridge piling inside the Holston Army Ammunitiion Plant. Due to the river current and above average river flow, the vessel cannot be recovered at the time of this report.
  
         Operator 1 called this reporting officer''s personal cell phone to report this incident at 16:26 hrs on Sunday, May 10th, 2020, and I responded from my residence shortly thereafter.
  
          This occurred in Sullivan and Hawkins counties, Tennessee. As of the date of this report, August 13th, 2020, the vesel has not been recovered.