V1 OPERATOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOOR HIS VESSEL AT BAYVIEW MARINA AFTER DROPPING OFF HIS PASSENGERS. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES PASSED BY, HIS WIFE WENT TO CHECK ON THE OPERATOR AND FOUND HIM FLATING FACE DOW IN THE WATER. EMERENCY PERSONNEL WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE, AND THE OPERATOR WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE FORT WALTON BEACH MEDICAL CENTER. THE OPERATOR SUFFERED NEAR DROWNING INJURIES AND IS IN A COMA. A TEST WAS CONDUCTED FOR STRAY CURRENT IN THE WATER WHERE THE OPERATOR WAS FOUND, BUT NONE WAS DETECTED.
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