Multiple Boating Tragedies Result in Fatalities at Fort Loudoun and George County Lakes.
The Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency (TWRA) reported that a man drowned while swimming from a boat to the shore at Fort Loudoun Lake. His body was found with the help of witnesses and sonar. TWRA reminds everyone to wear a U.S. Coast Guard Approved life jacket while boating and swimming and to follow the "Reach, Throw, Row, Go" protocol if someone is in distress. This is the 13th boating fatality in Tennessee this year.