VICTIM 1 AND PASSENGER HAD BEEN TUBING AND WERE ABOUT TO RE-ENTER VESSEL 1.  passenger WAS PICKED UP FIRST AND WAS ABLE TO ENTER THE BOAT WITHOUT INCIDENT.  AS VESSEL APPROACHED VICTIM TO PICK HIM UP, THE VICTIM DID NOT WAIT FOR THE VESSEL TO STOP.  VICTIM GRABBED THE VESSEL'S LADDER AT THE STERN OF THE BOAT AND WAS PULLED TOWARD THE CENTER OF THE VESSEL.  THE PROPELLER WAS STILL MOVING SLOWING AND STRUCK THE VICTIM IN THE LOWER CALF AREA OF HIS LEFT LEG CAUSING ABOUT A 10 INCH LACERATION.  A TOURNIQUET WAS APPLIED AND VICTIM WAS TRANSPORTED BY LIFE FLIGHT TO ST JOHNS HOSPITAL.
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