You have a boat! In a dam!

Okay, so I have a scary, sad, then wierd, then okay story. Tonight
Danny and I went to dinner at the Hula Hut with the UT geography
department. The Hula Hut has this pier that we were on that overlooks
the dam of Lake Austin.
Well, we look over and see that there is a ski boat caught in the dam. The rear of the boat is caught on the dam, and the front of the boat is up out of the water. We see someone calling 911 and hear rumors that there is 1 person on the boat, 1 in the
water (keep in mind the dam is open, and the way this dam works is
that there are gates that lift up, and the water at the bottom of the
lake goes over the spillway 45 feet below on the other side). So
anyway, after a few minutes, we see the police come in on a boat, and
there are people walking on the dam. Finally, they lower a rope
with a loop on it over the side of the dam. 1 person ties it around
theirself, and there is a struggle to get them out of the boat.
Finally, they get lifted up, and as they do so the boat goes under
alot. The police boat swoops in and grabs the person on the rope on their boat. At this time you can see the boat getting dragged farther and farther under as
they are closing the gate. When the gate is finally closed you can
only see about 5-10 feet of the front of the boat. So there are still
rumors that there were 2 people on the boat, but we know only 1 person
got rescued.
Anyway, lots of time passes and finally the police boat comes back.
You can see they struggle for a while and then they leave. Finally
they lift the dam gate up, and the boat gets sucked under and over the
other side.
The good news is that miraculasly the man was sucked under the flood gate and went
over the 45 foot drop and he still walked away (this has been verified by the
police). The chances of this were extremely slim.
Well, it turns out the motor of the boat stalled and that's when they drifted into the dam. Wow. What a night.