RedactedNarrative: The victim and the witness were canoeing down the James River in Buckingham County on June 20, 2017. The closest river landmark is Dog Island.  Around 1500hrs, the victim and witness encountered some rapids and their canoe capsized. 
  
  Beyond the rapids was a fallen tree laying across the river. The canoe flipped with the open or top of the canoe was facing up river and it was pinned against the fallen tree. Both the victim and the witness were on the same side of the canoe. 
  
  The witness heard the victim yell “I’m pinned.” The witness yelled for help and some other people on the river heard the cries for help and came to their aid. two bystanders came to the aid of the capsized canoe. 
  
  Bystander1 was the first to get to the victim. When he arrived the victim was still trapped and she was unresponsive. Bystander1 had already begun chopping the canoe in half with a hatchet at the time Bystander2 arrived. The bystanders were chopping the canoe with the hatchet trying to relieve pressure to free the victim. Once the canoe was cut the victim was sucked under the tree and pinned. Bystander1, Bystander2 and some other bystanders were able to get the victim’s head above the water and get a rope under her armpits. Using the rope the bystanders were able to pull the victim free. The bystanders moved the victim over to the rock that the tree was trapped against and they began CPR on the victim. The bystanders placed a PFD under the victims head and back to pad her from the rock as they continued with CPR. A jet boat arrived at the rock and it was able to safely take the victim to shore and she was carried to an open field where CPR was continued until EMS arrived.
  