OPERATOR STATED THAT VESSEL HAD BEEN AT ANCHOR FOR A WHILE AND HE NOTICED THAT THE AUTOMATIC BILGE HAD CAME ON.  HE STATED HE LOOKED OVER THE SIDE OF THE BOAT AND NOTICED THAT THE BILGE WAS PUMPING WATER.  HE THEN NOTICED THAT WATER WAS ENTERING THE VESSEL FROM AROUND THE BACK SEATS.  OPERATOR OPENED THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND COULD SEE THEY WERE TAKING ON WATER.  OPERATOR STATED HE OPENED THE CABIN DOORS TO GET LIFEJACKETS AND SAW THAT THEY HAD FLOATED TO THE FRONT OF THE CABIN.  OPERATOR STATED THE VESSEL WAS SINKING FAST AND HE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO GET TO THE LIFEJACKETS.  OPERATOR STATED THAT PASSENGER GRABBED A SEAT CUSHION FOR FLOTATION AND HE GRABBED AN ICE CHEST FOR HIS FLOTATION AND BOTH ENTERED THE WATER.  A PASSING BOATER STOPPED AND PICKED UP THE OPERATOR AND PASSENGER.  OPERATOR STATED FROM THE TIME THE BILGE PUMP CAME ON TO WHEN VESSEL SANK WAS ONLY A FEW MINUTES.  VESSEL SANK APPROX 1/2 MILE EAST OF SE POINT OF LITTLE GLASSES AND APPROX 1/2 MILE WEST OF BRIDGEVIEW BOAT RAMP AND APPROX 2 MILES NORTH OF ROOSEVELT BRIDGE.
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