OPERATOR AND PASSENGER WERE BOATING WHEN THEY DECIDED TO JUMP OVERBOARD AND COOL OFF IN THE WATER.  ONCE THEY JUMPED IN THE VESSEL BEGAN TO DRIFT AWAY AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO SWIM BACK TO IT.  THE PASSENGER WITNESSED THE OPERATOR GO UNDER WATER AND NOT RESURFACE.  THE PASSENGER WAS RESCUED BY A BOATER FROM A NEARBY RESIDENCE WHO HEARD HIM YELLING FOR HELP.  THE OPERATORS BODY WAS RECOVERED A DAY LATER AROUND 5:20 P.M. AND PRONOUNCED DEAD.
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