TWO KAYAKS WERE RENTED FROM MACDILL AFB AT APPROXIMATELY 1030. BOTH OPERATORS WERE IN SEPERATE KAYAKS. STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH WATER CONDITIONS CAUSED V1 OPERATOR TO PADDLE BACK TO SHORE TO GET ASSISTANCE FOR V2 OPERATOR WHO WAS STRUGGLING TO STAY AFLOAT. V2 OPERATOR ABOARD KAYAK DRIFTED OUT TO FREEN MARKER 13 IN THE TAMPA BAY SHIPPING CHANNEL AND WAS RESCUED BY HCSO. V1 OPERATOR DID NOT RETURN TO SHORE AND A MULTI AGENCY SAR ENSUED. V1 KAYAK WAS FOUND CAPSIZED AND ABANDONED ON PINE KEY IN TAMPA BAY LATER THAT EVENING. ON 01/23/2011 OPERATOR OF V1 WAS FOUND DECEASED AND FLOATING IN THE WATERS OF EG SIMMONS PARK IN RUSKIN.;  CAUSE OF DEATH: DROWNING DUE TO HYPOTHERMIA MANNER OF DEATH: ACCIDENT

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