RedactedNarrative: On 7/27/15 I CPO received a call from the Illinois State Police at 17:28 informing us there was someone having difficulty breathing, but they could not find them now.  Their raft is stuck at the dam.  
   
   We responded and found that all the passengers from the raft had made it out of the water.  The 50 year old male was transported to Illinois Valley Community Hospital and was later released.  I CPO went to the hospital and took statements from all that were involved.  
   
   The information in which I received was that Operator was in a raft with two people.  They noticed the signs stating stay right, however they did not get far enough right.  The raft went over the low head dam and became stuck on an object which was protruding from the dam.  Operator attempted to get free from the object however was not able to.  The two occupants jumped out of the raft and floated safely down to another boat.  Operator exited the raft from the rear and the current pulled him under the boil.  Operator managed to exit the boil however was feeling poorly and needed to be taken to the hospital.  
   
    At 15:00 the approximate time of the incident t was 85 degrees F, the wind was 5mph SE, the river level was 5.31, it was flowing at 803 cubic feet per second and the water temp was 80 degrees F.
  
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  7 Photos of the raft, dam and object the raft was caught on.
   