ON JULY 5, 2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 7:45 pm THIS VESSEL AND IT 12 OCCUPANTS WERE SWIMMING AND HAVING FUN IN PUMP HOUSE SLOUGH.  THE FAMILY NOTICED THE CLOUDS BEGAN TO GET VERY DARK SO THEY ALL GOT ABORD THE VESSEL PREPARED TO CROSS THE CHANNEL TO LAKE SHORE MARINA.  WHEN THE VESSEL ENTERED THE MOUTH OF THE SLOUGH THE WIND AND THE WAVES WERE VERY STRONG.  THE VESSEL BEGAN TO TIP.  SEVERAL OCCUPANTS WERE ABLE TO JUMP OVER BOARD PRIOR TO THE VESSEL CAPSIZING.  THERE WERE (2) ADULTS AND (2) CHILDREN STILL IN THE CABIN WHEN THE VESSEL CAPSIZED.  ONE CHILD EXITED THE CABIN VERY QUICKLY FROM THE FRONT DOOR.  THEN ONE OF THE ADULTS WAS ABLE TO SWIM TO SAFETY.  THE TWO VICTIMS WERE UNABLE TO ESCAPE.  THE FIRST VICTIM WAS BROUGHT out BY HER SON, AND VESSEL OPERATOR.  IT IS BELIEVED THAT the operator THEN SWAM BACK INTO THE VESSEL WHERE HE WAS ABLE TO FIND THE SECOND VICTIM, HIS DAUGHTEr.  THE REST OF THE FAMILY SWAM TO FISHING VESSELS THAT WERE CLOSE TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON.  


NOTE:  AFTER VESSEL CAPSIZED IT DRIFTED TOWARD A DOCK WHERE IT WAS TIED UP UNTIL MY ARRIVAL.  THERE WAS MINOR ABRASIONS TO THE DOCK.  THERE WAS NO VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE VESSEL IN THE SLIP.  THE VESSEL IN THE SLIP HAD SPIDER WEBS AND THE OXIDATION ON THE FOOT.  THE PROP AND THE FOOT HAD NO VISIBLE DAMAGE.

HARRISON                      