LAKE HARTWELL, SC (FOX Carolina) -
Anderson County Emergency Management said rescue boats were in the water Monday searching for a man who was thrown from a boat on Lake Hartwell Sunday night.
Lt. David Baker said the 26-year-old from Anderson and another man were trying to make it off the water as a storm approached when both men were thrown from a 19-foot bass-fishing-type boat near Portman Marina.
It happened around 9:15 p.m.
Baker said rescue crews mobilized and have been searching the lake since Sunday night.
Two boaters who were out on the water on Sunday night said they stopped to help search for the missing man after his friend yelled for help.
“The guy said, me and my buddy were thrown out of the boat. I got back in but he is still missing. Can you please help us?" said Trina Love, "He pointed over to the shore and said I heard him whistle over there, so that’s where we immediately went. We’ve got really bright lights on the front of our pontoon, so we went to see if he swam to shore."
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