When crews responded, the man was not underwater but dispatchers reported he may have been submerged at some point.
Water rescue boats responded to the spillway, where the man was pulled from the water and taken to a helicopter pad. He then was flown by LifeFlight to an area hospital.
The man’s condition was not known, but hypothermia can quickly set in. The high temperature only reached the 20s Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service in Wilmington.
Dispatchers did not know what led the man to go into the water.
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