ON AUGUST 6, 2011, Operator and occupant WERE OPERATING A 10 FT GAMEFISHER JON BOAT.  THE TWO HAD PADDLED OUT INTO THE RIVER TO RETRIEVE SOME LIMB LINES THEY HAD SET.  ONCE THEY PICKED UP THE LINES, THEY TURNED THE VESSEL AROUND AND ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO THE SHORE.  ACCORDING TO occupant, HE FELT THE BACK OF THE VESSEL ROCK.  WHEN HE TURNED AROUND HE SAW operator HAD TENSED UP WITH HIS FIST AND HIS EYES HAD ROLLED BACK IN HIS HEAD.  WHEN THIS HAPPENED, operator FELL OUT OF THE VESSEL CAUSING IT TO CAPSIZE.  AFTER THE VESSEL CAPSIZED, occupant TRIED TO LOCATE operator BUT WAS UNABLE.  occupant RETURNED TO SHORE AND CALLED 911.  THE SAMPSON COUNTY DIVE TEAM WAS ABLE TO LOCATE operator NEAR THE AREA THAT MAHONEY SAID THE VESSEL CAPSIZED.

ACCORDING TO FAMILY MEMBERS I TALKED TO, THE VICTIM HAD A PAST HISTORY OF HAVING SEIZURES AND WAS HAVING TO TAKE MEDICATION FOR IT.  THEY ALSO STATED THAT IF HE DIDN'T TAKE HIS MEDICATION THAT HE WAS SUBJECT TO HAVE A SEIZURE.  

WHEN THE VICTIM WAS RECOVERED FROM THE WATER, HIS HANDS WERE DRAWN UP TO HIS CHEST WITH HIS HANDS CLINCHED TIGHT AND HIS HEAD DRAWN BACK.  ACCORDING TO MEDICAL PERSONNEL, HE HAD APPEARED TO HAVE HAD A SEIZURE.
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