RedactedNarrative: On Sunday June 14, 2015 at approx 18:00 Victim decided to leave the vessel of which he was a passenger and enter Watauga Lake.  Victim had thrown the type IV flotation device into the water before jumping in.  Victim was in the water for a few minutes when other adult passengers noticed that he was not talking and they thought this to be out of the ordinary.  One subject noticed that Victim appeared to be struggling and jumped in to assist him.  Subject attempted to pull Victim toward the boat as it had drifted away from their location.  Victim told Subject to leave him and go get the boat.  
   
  Subject told the other adult passenger on the boat to start the boat and bring it to them.  Operator was unable to start the boat so Subject left Victim and swam to the boat and moved it to Victim.  Victim was still holding on to the type IV but his head was under water most of the time.  Subject got back into the water to assist Victim.  Operator threw PFDs in to Subject to help keep Victim afloat.  The two were unable to get Victim back onto the boat and started calling for help.  There were three individuals on a pwc nearby that heard their calls and came to help.  The group was able to get Victim onto the vessel and started toward Bayview Campground in Butler.  CPR was started and 911 was called.  The group continued CPR until they were met at Bayview Campground by rescue personnel.  The rescue personnel took over CPR and Wings Air Rescue arrived on scene.  Victim was transported to Johnson City Medical Center by Wings.  Officers went to JCMC and interviewed the two there.  Officer went to Lake Shore Marina and collected info and took pictures of the boat.  Officer later contacted the three individuals from the pwc that assisted with Victim.  Victim was treated and stayed at JCMC until he died on July 4, 2015 as a result of the incident that occurred.  An external evaluation was conducted on the body of Victim on July 6, 2015 at the Quillen College of Medicine in Johnson City, TN.
   