ON OCTOBER 25, 2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 5:20PM, THERE WAS A BOATING ACCIDENT IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN NEAR OAK ISLAND. subject WAS FISHING ON HIS 1969 SEA CRAFT CENTER CONSOLE VESSEL WHEN HE NOTICED THAT HIS BOAT WAS TAKING ON WATER.  subject ADVISED THAT HE TRIED TO GET THE BOAT TO PLANE OFF, BUT HIS MOTOR WAS NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO PUSH HIS BOAT WITH ALL THE WATER INSIDE THE HULL.  HE TRIED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE A WAVE CRASHED OVER THE STERN, SINKING HIS VESSEL.  WHILE FLOATING ON HIS PFD IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, subject WAS ABLE TO CALL 911 FROM HIS CELL PHONE.  A FISHING VESSEL SAW HIM FLOATING AND PICKED HIM UP AND TOOK HIM TO SHORE.  NO ALCOHOL WAS INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT.
 
PLEASE NOTE THAT EVEN THOUGH HE WAS NOT WEARING A PFD, HE USED ONE TO FLOAT ON AFTER HIS VESSEL SANK.
BRUNSWICK                     