On July 7, 2012 at approximately 1510 hrs Victim was water skiing being pulled by his boat which was operated by Victim''s son. There were two other occupants on the boat that were observing. While Victim was skiing, he hit a wake and his ski went in the opposite direction of his foot causing the ankle and foot to facture. The operator was told that the skier fell by the observers and when they went to pick Victim up he told them that he had thought that he broke his ankle. The one occupant was a medical doctor and examined the ankle. occupant agreed that the ankle looked broken, so Victim was rushed to the ER. After x-rays it was found that Victim did break his ankle and required surgery to fix it.
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