ON 08/21/10 A VESSEL OPERATED with three occupants WAS PULLING TWO TUBES. THE BIG BERTHA TUBE WAS OCCUPIED BY THE VICTIM and THE OBRIEN TUBE WAS OCCUPIED BY three others. THE VESSEL WAS TRAVELING IN A ZIG-ZAG MOTION AS THE TUBES WERE CROSSING THE WAKE OF THE VESSEL subject FELL OFF THE BIG BERTHA TUBE. AT THIS TIME THE OBSERVER IN THE VESSEL TOLD THE DRIVER THAT THE PASSENGER HAD FALLEN OFF THE TUBE. THE VESSEL THEN TUNED TO THE STARBOARD SIDE TO RETRIEVE THE FALLEN TUbER, WHICH CAUSED THE TOW ROPES TO HAVE SLACK IN THEM. THE OCCUPANTS OF THE OBRIEN TUBE EXITED THEIR TUBE AND WHEN THE VICTIM EXITED, HIS TUBE CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE TOW ROPE THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE OBRIEN TUBE. DURING THIS CONTACT WITH THE TOW ROPE, THE ROPE BECAME TIGHT AND BURNED INTO THE NECK AND LEFT ARM OF victim. victim HAD DAMAGE TO HIS SPINAL CORD AND HIS CORRODED ARTERY, WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY CAUSED HIS DEATH.