OPERATOR ON RENTED PERSONAL WATERCRAFT (PWC) LEFT THE GLIDDEN LODGE (WHERE HE WAS STAYING) TO RIDE THE PWC AROUND ABOUT A MILE FROM SHORE. PWC OPERATOR ENCOUNTERED A HIGH WAVE WHICH CAUSED OPERATOR TO FALL OFF THE PWC. OPERATOR WAS UNABLE TO SWIM BACK TO THE PWC TO REBOARD DUE TO THE HIGH WAVES. AN ON SHORE RESIDENT NOTICED THE ABANDONED PWC OUT IN THE BAY & CALLED AUTHORITIES. WHEN STURGEON BAY FIRE RESCUE BOAT ARRIVED & RETREIVED THE PWC OPERATOR, THE OPERATOR ESTIMATED HE HAD BEEN IN THE WATER AT LEAST AN HOUR BEFORE FIRE RESCUE ARRIVED TO THE SCENE. THE PWC OPERATOR WAS TAKEN TO SHORE THEN TRANSPORTED TO DOOR COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER BY AMBULANCE FOR TREATMENT OF HYPOTHERMIA. AT TIME OF THE RESCUE THE WAVES WERE ESTIMATED TO BE TWO TO FOUR FEET HIGH, WITH THE WIND OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH AND WATER TEMP AROUND 65 DEGREES.
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