ON FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 2010, THERE WAS A BOATING ACCIDENT IN LOCKWLLD FOLLY INLET NEAR HOLDEN BEACH.  operator WAS KNOCKED OUT OF HIS KAYAK BY A WAVE AND DROWNED BEFORE HE COULD PUT HIS PFD ON.  ACCORDING TO THE HOLDEN BEACH POLICE REPORT, A SWIMMER SWAM OUT INTO THE OCEAN TO RETRIEVE victim.  AS THE SWIMMER APPROACHED victim, HE NOTICED THE BODY FACE DOWN IN THE WATER AND NOTICED THAT victim HAD GOTTEN ONE ARM IN THE PFD BEFORE HE DROWNED.  victim WAS BROUGHT TO SHORE WHERE BYSTANDERS AND HOLDEN BEACH FIRE DEPT. STARTED CPR.  EMS ARRIVED AND TRANSPORTED victim TO BRUNSWICK COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.
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