(Spirit Lake)– Some tense moments this (Sat.) morning on East Lake Okoboji.
Gary Owen of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Lakes Patrol tells KUOO news they received a report of a missing boy who had fallen off a personal watercraft he was riding. Owen says the driver wasn’t immediately aware the boy had fallen off.
Thankfully the teen, who’s from outside the area, was wearing a wet suit and personal floatation device. He wasn’t injured and walked back to the residence he was staying. A search organized by D-N-R officials and the Okoboji Underwater Search and Rescue Crew was then called off.
Owen says the incident took place around 9:00 a.m. about 400 yards from shore near Camp Foster.
Owen says it points out the importance of always wearing a personal floatation device whenever you’re on the water.
