V1 WAS RETURNING TO ST GEORGE ISLAND FROM DOG ISLAND DURING THE EVENING.V1 OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO OPERATE THE VESSEL NEAR THE NORTHWEST POINT OF DOG ISLAND AND HEADING WEST TOWARD THE EAST END OF DOG ISLAND. HIGH WINDS CAUSED THE SMALL VESSEL TO CAPSIZE. V1 OPERATOR SWAM TO SHORE AND ATTEMPTED TO FIND HELP. THE V1 PASSENGER STAYED WITH THE PARTIALLY SUBMERGED CANOE. V1 PASSENGER STATED THAT HIS LEGS BEGAN TO BURN FROM WHAT HE BELIEVED WAS GASOLINE LEAKING FROM THE SMALL FUEL TANK. BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE RESCUED BY TWO MEN WHO HEARD THEM YELLING FOR HELP. THE RESCUERS TRANSPORTED THE V1 OCCUPANTS TO CARRABELLE WHERE THEY WERE MET BY EMS PERSONNEL AND TRANSPORTED TO TALLAHASSEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
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