A 39 year old man and his son were attempting to land a sixteen foot bass boat above a cofferdam on the White River in February of 1983 when their engine died, leaving them at the mercy of the current. Efforts to restart the engine and to substitute a lightweight trolling motor failed, and the boat became wedged in the rocks. A cofferdam, apparently, is very much like a ledge formed by a pile of rocks; there is no dangerous reversal. However, the boat’s two occupants were trapped in a boat. Rescue squads were called; a diver attempting to reach the boat became pinned against the rocks. A National Guard helicopter was called, and a diver was lowered to the victims in a safety net. The two were helped into the net, then brought to shore. It appears that the rescue took several hours to accomplish as the “chopper” was not immediately available. (Source: Clipping from the Indianapolis Star.)