It was an ordeal that played out Thursday afternoon with just tweets from emergency officials, but later made real when they posted the vessel and its bow with nothing under it.
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The tweets came from Austin-Travis County EMS which serves the Texas capital region.
The first tweet of the incident described 911 calls reporting a boat "up against the dam" and callers adding that it "looks like it's going to go over the dam."
A follow up tweet about eight minutes later described what was happening to help the helpless boaters.
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"Boat has been attached to another boat in the area by rope. Life vests are being lowered down to 4 occupants. Boat is partially over top of the dam. [Helicopter EMS] has been assigned. Extrication planning underway," the second tweet in a very descriptive thread stated.
Thirteen minutes later, it appeared the boaters were safe.
"Boat & occupants have been pulled off the dam & in to open water by the @Austin_Police lake patrol boat. No occupants are requesting #ATCEMS," the tweet said.
Then, with the danger no longer present, the Twitter feed showed how close the boaters came to a possibly life-threatening fall. The photo followed a quick video showing one boat towing the vessel in danger.
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The photo of the rescue, in particular, has gotten a healthy amount of interactions on Twitter.
"Scary!!" one user replied.
It wasn't immediately known how the boaters drifted that close to danger.
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