Yes that was hard to watch. My buddy and I had engine trouble below Meldahl dam a few years ago and got caught in a reverse current. I thought for sure we were goners as we were drifting pretty fast toward the white water coming out of one of the gates. The trolling motor was on high but had no impact on our drift. The water was getting very rough the closer we got. I didn't even bother with a life vest because I knew it wouldn't make a difference. So I just sat down and waited for the white water to swamp us. My buddy gets the idea to turn the trolling motor toward the dam. He thinks that we can gain speed and then turn sideways at the last minute to pull us out to some calmer water between the gates. I looked at him and said, "are you crazy! we are going to die and you want to make it happen quicker"! Well he turned the trolling motor toward the dam and we started picking up speed. Just as we were getting close to the white death, he turned the trolling motor toward the middle of the river. Sure enough, we slowly started pulling out of it and eventually made it to the calm water between the gates. We were able to turn the trolling motor down stream and we slowly made progress until we hit swifter water and were able to drift on down river. Very scary.