FISHING BOAT WITH THREE MEN ABOARD WERE TROLLING APROX 3 MILES EAST OF SHEBOYGAN HARBOR WHEN TWO OF THE BOAT 3 DOWNRIGGERS GOT CAUGHT ON  A COMMERCIAL FISHING NET ROPE TIED TO THE BUOY MARKING THE NET'S LOCATION. WHILE THE BOAT WAS CAUGHT-- HELD IN PLACE, TWO OF THE MEN WERE IN THE REAR OF THE BOAT ATTEMPTING TO UNTANGLE THE NET ROPE. THIS ACTION PLUS THREE FOOT WAVES OVER THE STARBOARD STERN CAUSED THE BOAT TO FILL RAPIDLY WITH WATER, CAPSIZING THE BOAT. TWO PASSENGERS FELL OVERBOARD WHILE THE OPERATOR-VICTIM WAS TRAPPED BENEATH THE OVERTURNED BOAT FOR A SHORT TIME .THE PASSENGERS CLIMBED & CLUNG TO THE BOTTOM OF THE CAPSIZED BOAT. NEITHER MAN COULD REACH THE OPERATOR-VICTIM WHEN HE SURFACED. ALL THREE MEN WERE RESCUED BY USCG VESSELS, BUT DURING THE RESCUE THE VICTIM SUFFERED A STRESS INDUCED HEART ATTACK AND WAS LATER PRONOUNCED DECEASED AT THE SHEBOYGAN HOSPITAL.
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