VESSEL 1, WITH OPERATOR AND TWO PASSENGERS ON BOARD WAS TRAVELING NORTHEAST INTO BARATARIA BAY, WHEN PASSENGERS ON BOARD THE VESSEL NOTICED WATER COMING UP FROM THE FLOOR.  THE OPERATOR STEERED TOWARDS A NATURAL GAS RIG NEARBY, BUT BEFORE REACHING THE RIG THE VESSEL'S ENGINE SHUT DOWN, AT THIS POINT THE FISHERMEN DONNED THEIR PFD'S AND PREPARED TO BE IN THE WATER.  THE VESSEL CONTINUED TO FILL WITH WATER, INEVITABLY LEADING TO IT'S SINKING AND CAPSIZING, LEAVING THE THREE FISHERMEN IN THE WATER.  THE FISHERMEN WERE THEN PICKED UP BY A NEARBY CREWBOAT AND TAKEN TO THE SATURDAY NIGHT ISLAND RIG.  ALCOHOL DOES NO APPEAR TO BE A FACTOR.
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