RedactedNarrative: On August 25, 2017, at approximately 2:20pm victim was an occupant in a canoe occupied by one other adult and one juvenile (6yrs. Old) in Burke Lake, Fairfax County.  The two adults in the canoe had been paddling for around fifteen minutes when the canoe suddenly capsized, approximately 50 yards from shore, where the boat rental livery is located.  
  
  An employee at the boat livery observed the canoe in distress and immediately launched a rescue craft to assist.  The employee was able to recover one adult and one juvenile.  The victim was unable to maintain a hold on either the canoe or the rescue boat.  He was last observed attempting to swim on his back with his PFD still around his neck.  After losing his grip on the canoe and the rescue boat, the victim came out of his PFD and drowned.  The canoe and the PFD that the victim had apparently been wearing were recovered from the shoreline at 1830hrs. The recovered PFD was a children’s TYPE II PFD (for 50-90lbs).
  