RedactedNarrative: On August 8th, 2020, at approximately 1936 hours, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Lake Worth Regional Communications Center (FFWCCLWRCC) received a call from a witness passing by on U.S. 1, regarding an overturned kayak and a person floating near Shark Key in Monroe County, Florida.
  
  	A single vessel and one unresponsive swimmer were found in state of Florida waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The vessel was an unregistered, 13ft Wilderness systems kayak (Model: Tarpon) yellow in color. The kayak and Operator were found at Global positioning system coordinates N24 36.189 W081 38.941, approximately 200 yards north of US-1 and west of Shark Key, Florida. 
  
  	On August 9th, 2020, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Inv. along with FWC Officers  went to the scene of the incident to attempt to locate any identifying information on Operator. Ofc. snorkeled in the immediate area the kayak was found and Operator was last known to be and was unable to locate any personal items of Operator. 
  
  	On August 10th, 2020, FFWCCLWRCC received a call from subject1. She advised she knew Operator and his name should be tattooed on his back from Bobaloo’s restaurant in Big Coppitt Key, Florida.
  
  	On August 11th, 2020, FWC Lt. advised the mother of Operator contacted dispatch. Lt spoke with the mother.  She informed Lt that a woman by the name of Subject2 contacted her and told her that her son was airlifted to Miami. Lt identified the woman as Subject2. Subject2 met with FWC Officer and provided a sworn written statement. 
  
  She said Operator was consuming alcohol prior to the incident at Subject2s home on Shark Key. Subject2 asked Operator to leave and she watched him leave on his kayak. She watched him floating in the kayak for around 45 minutes. Later in the evening she watched him standing in the water near the overturned kayak. An unknown amount of time later she noticed a vessel picked up Operator. She said that approximately 20 minutes after he was picked up, the same boat came back and picked up Operator’s kayak. The vessel had four good Samaritans onboard that took Operator to shore where they met with Emergency Medical Services (EMS). 
  
  The four good Samaritans were knee boarding in the area and noticed Operator’s kayak was overturned. As they approached, they noticed Operator was floating face up near the kayak and he wasn’t moving or responsive. One person jumped in the water and lifted while the others pulled Operator into the boat. Another started performing cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the third called emergency services (911). They continued compressions until EMS arrived and took over Operator’s care. EMS personnel transported Operator to Lower Keys Medical Center and subsequently airlifted him to Jackson South Medical Center for treatment. 
  
  	In the days following the incident medical personnel continually attempted to awaken Operator. On August 10th, 2020, he became coherent and responsive. Operator was discharged from Jackson South Regional Medical Center on August 15th, 2020. 
  
  On August 21st, 2020, Inv. of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), met with Operator and returned his kayak. He was asked what happened that day. Operator informed Inv. he did not remember any of the events that day and only knew what happened from what the good Samaritans told him. 
  