RedactedNarrative: OPERATOR 1 was towing a young man behind his boat when the carabiner holding the tow ropes together broke and struck OPERATOR 1 in the face just below the left eye. 
  
  OPERATOR 1 removed the carabiner that was lodged in his face and applied a towel to the wound to try and stop the bleeding. Myself and my partner transported OPERATOR 1 to the Honeysuckle boat launch where medical transported him for treatment to Kootenai Medical Center.