Around 2:30 a.m. Operator1 stole a personal watercraft from the beach at the Marriott Hotel which belonged to a Pirate Island Diver's Rental Company. Operator1 was operating the pwc in Blackwater Sound when he crashed into the port side of an anchored sail boat that was approximately 100 yards from shore. Operator1 friend heard the crash from land and went out on another pwc to see what had happened. When Friend arrived on scene of the crash he stated the pwc Operator1 was riding was lodged into the side of the sail boat and Operator1 was floating in the water near the boat barely conscious. Friend dragged Operator1 aboard the pwc and took him to shore and called 911. EMS arrived on scene and then shortly after they arrived they took Operator1 to be air lifted to Ryder Trauma Center in Miami, FL. To this date Operator1 is still in the hospital recovering from the accident. He is expected to be discharged from the hospital soon.;Operator1 sustained several injuries due to his body impacting the moored vessel. Operator1 sustained a broken neck, broken right forearm, bleeding of the brain, and a torn liver.
KEY LARGO                     