V1 AND ITS TWO OCCUPANTS LEFT OUT FROM operator'S CONDO AT PELICAN BAY ON PANAMA CITY BEACH AT ABOUT 1630 TO GO POMPANO FISHING.  THE PLAN WAS TO ANCHOR THE BOAT GULF SIDE OF SHELL ISLAND AND FISH FROM THE SHORELINE. AROUND 1700 A LARGE WAVE ROLLED V1 OVER WHILE IT WAS BEING OPERATED.  THEY WERE 100 YARDS OFF SHORE FROM SHELL ISLAND AND ABOUT 1/2 MILE EAST OF THE EAST JETTY IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.  NEITHER WAS WEARING A FLOTATION DEVICE.  subject WAS ABLE TO SWIM TO SHORE BUT operator DID NOT MAKE IT.  subject WALKED DOWN THE BEACH WHERE TWO MEN WERE SURFING.  THEY WENT BACK DOWN THE BEACH AND FOUND operator IN THE SURF NEXT TO THE BEACH.  THEY DRUG HIM FURTHER OUT OF THE WATER AND ADMINISTERED CPR BUT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO REVIVE HIM.  FWC OFFICER TRANSPORTED EMS AND USCG TO THE SCENE.  THEY TRANSPORTED subject TO AN AMBULANCE THAT WAS WAITING AT THE ST ANDREWS STATE PARK BOAT RAMP, FROM THERE HE WAS TAKEN TO BAY MEDICAL CENTER ER WHERE HE WAS GIVEN BREATHING TREATMENTS AND KEPT FOR OBSERVATION.  operator WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.
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