Something like this happened a few years back in Lake Coeur d'Alene in Idaho, but in that one the person with the boat jumped in to save the one who couldn't reach it instead of motoring over and they both wound up drowning. Here the would-be rescuer went to the boat first, and while I know they'll second guess their actions it could easily have been two of them who perished if they hadn't. It's just too easy to not understand that in a lake a boat has so much less of its tangential surface area under the water than a person does, and wind is going to push a boat along much faster than an individual in the water, perhaps faster than that person can swim. You have to anchor your boat first, or swim from shore. And have on that life jacket.

We've all failed to take the worst that could happen into account at some time in our lives, and it's sad to see that in this case it cost a man his life. Maybe if someone hears about it and thinks twice before doing the same it will mean something.