RedactedNarrative: Rental Pontoon Boat takes on water in Newfound Harbor Ecological Preserve; 11 subjects onboard.
  After speaking with the occupants I concluded:
  
  Operator and Subject1 arrived to pick up the vessel at the rental location on Little Torch Key and observed the staff launch the vessel from a trailer onsite. Operator and Subject1 took the vessel by water back to the dock at their rental condo. Upon arrival, Operator' uncle stated that the vessel appeared to be listing to the left (Port) side. Subject3 writes in her statement the same observation.
  
  All eleven subjects board the vessel and Operator navigates to Newfound Harbor Ecological Preserve, were he ties the vessel off to a mooring ball. Everyone except the 3 older subjects jumped off the vessel into the water to snorkel. The children all had life jackets on already.
  
  Almost immediately Operator observed that the vessel started taking on water, seemingly from the port side. He stated so to subject3, who put on a life jacket and jumped into the water. Operator climbed back on board and advised the 3 elders to put on life jackets and attempted to start the engine. Subject1 also climbed onboard, assisted the elderly subjects off the vessel, and began hailing USCG on Channel 16.
  
  The vessel sunk approximately 90% within a few minutes.  The subjects were able to get the attention of a Good Samaritan vessel close by, who came over to assist, allowing the children and elderly to get out of the water. USCG and Subject4 arrived onscene shortly, transferred all the children, women, and elderly onto his vessel, and transported them back to the rental condo. Operator, Subject1, and Subject3 remained on the Good Samaritan Vessel until Subject4 returned for a second trip.
  
  Tow Boat US arrived and assisted Subject4 with dewatering the vessel and towed in back to Little Torch Key, where it was removed from the water and placed back on a trailer. Upon my inspection of the vessel, I observed a very large fiberglass patch on the inside of the port pontoon. It measured approximately 2 feet by 6 feet, with a second patch extending down in the middle approximately another 1 foot. (See photographs).
  
   When I asked Subject4 about the patch he advised that the pontoon was sealed and the bilge pumps on both sides were brand new.
  
  Two days after the incident, Subject3 complained of a bruise on her left arm, swollen right knee, right arm pain; lower back, hip, and tailbone pain related to a bumpy ride back to the dock. She was not treated for any of the injuries.
  