RedactedNarrative: On Saturday June 23, 2018 around 3pm, (Operator) and (Victim) were fishing by the Hwy 49 bridge on a pontoon boat. They were unable to get the boat started when they were done fishing.  There was another boat in the area that towed them to the place where Operator and his wife were staying. 
  
  The boat that towed them in was only able to get them within about 40 to 50 yards of the shoreline because of the excessive hydrilla and lily pads on that end of the lake.  Victim volunteered to jump into the water with the bow line and swim to the shore and pull the boat in.  After Victim jumped in, he went under within a few seconds and he didn't come back up.  Operator grabbed a PFD and put it on and jumped in to try to find his friend.  The boat started floating away so he had to go back to the boat.  The call to Person County 911 came in around 3:28 pm in reference to the incident.  Victim's body was recovered by the Person County Search and Rescue at 5:16 pm.
  
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