RedactedNarrative: ON 6/08/16 AT APPROXIMATELY 5:00 PM, A BOATING INCIDENT OCCURRED ON LAKE WYLIE. THIS INCIDENT WAS APPROXIMATELY 500 YARDS SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 49 BRIDGE. THE VESSEL INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT WAS A 2016 23FT VERANDA PONTOON WITH A 90 HP OUTBOARD ENGINE, OWNED AND RENTED BY OWNER AND OPERATED BY OPERATOR1.  ALSO ONBOARD WAS VICTIM, PASSENGER1, PASSENGER2, AND PASSENGER3. THE WEATHER WAS SUNNY THE AIR TEMPERATURE WAS 89 DEGREES AND THE LAKE WAS CALM WITH LIGHT WINDS.
  
  DURING THEIR TRIP ON LAKE WYLIE, THEY HAD STOPPED AT T-BONES FOR FOOD AND DRINKS. UPON LEAVING, VICTIM MADE THE STATEMENT HE WANTED TO GO SWIMMING.  EVERYONE ELSE TOLD HIM THEY DIDN'T THINK IT WAS A GOOD IDEA.  PASSENGER1 MOVED TO THE REAR OF THE BOAT WHERE VICTIM WAS SITTING TO TALK HIM OUT OF THIS IDEA.  AFTER A SHORT CONVERSATION, VICTIM STATED HE WAS GOING AND THAT HE WAS A GOOD SWIMMER AND ALL WOULD BE OK.  HE THEN STOOD UP TOOK OFF HIS SHIRT, SHOES, AND SHORTS AND PROCEEDED TO DIVE OFF THE REAR OF THE BOAT INTO THE LAKE.  AFTER SWIMMING BEHIND THE BOAT FOR A FEW MINUTES, PASSENGER3 NOTICED THAT VICTIM HAD STARTED TO TREAD WATER AND SEEMED TO BE HAVING TROUBLE STAYING ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE LAKE.  PASSENGER3 THEN TRIED TO THROW A LIFE JACKET TO VICTIM BUT VICTIM WAS UNABLE TO REACH IT.   NEXT HE THREW A ROPE THAT HE WAS ALSO UNABLE TO REACH.  AT THIS TIME, PASSENGER3 ENTERED THE WATER TO TRY TO HELP VICTIM.  HE DID REACH VICTIM BUT WAS UNABLE TO KEEP HIM FROM SLIPPING BELOW THE SURFACE.  VICTIM 'S BODY WAS RECOVERED AT 11:48 AM THE NEXT DAY BY THE CHARLOTTE FIRE DEPARTMENT DIVE TEAM.
  
  
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  PLEASE NOTE:  IT WAS NOTED IN THIS REPORT THAT PFDS WERE USED.  HOWEVER, THEY WERE THROWN TO THE DROWNING VICTIM AND THE VICTIM WAS UNABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY RETRIEVE THEM TO REMAIN AFLOAT AND SUBSEQUENTLY DROWNED.