ON 2/28/09, 2 OFFICERs WERE HEADED NORTH ALONG KEEWAYDIN ISLAND IN COLLIER COUNTY.  AT THAT TIME A PWC DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF US TRIED TO JUMP THE WAKE OF THE VESSEL IN FRONT OF IT .  THE PWC WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, AND THE OPERATOR LOST CONTROL AS HE JUMPED THE WAKE.  THE OPERATOR WAS THROWN FROM THE JET SKI AND THE VESSEL CONTINUED TO TRAVEL BECAUSE THE LANYARD WAS NOT ATTACHED TO THE OPERATOR.  I MANEUVERED OUR VESSEL ALONG SIDE THE PWC, WHILE OFFICER1 REMOVED THE KILL SWITCH.  AFTER SECURING THE PWC, WE THEN RETURNED TO THE LOCATION OF THE OPERATOR, WHO WAS IN OBVIOUS PAIN BUT REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT.  THE BOAT WHOSE WAKE HE WAS JUMPING WAS THE OPERATOR'S FAMILY.  THEY TOOK THE OPERATOR ON BOARD THEIR VESSEL AND TOOK CONTROL OF THE PWC AS WELL.  I TOOK THE OPERATOR'S AND HIS FAMILIES INFORMATION AND THEN ALLOWED THEM TO LEAVE THE SCENE.
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