RedactedNarrative: The vessel 1 operator stated he was close to Katrina Cut in the Intracoastal Waterway traveling east to West Fowl River when the waves started to get rough. Operator said he thought he had put the engine in neutral, took his kill switch off, and was trying to put his life jacket on when a wave came crashing over the vessel and threw him out of the vessel. 
  
  Once in the water ,not realizing the vessel was still in gear, Operator’s vessel continued southeast in Portersville Bay. Operator's vessel was found at Lighting Point in Bayou LA Batre, getting crushed by the waves on top of a rock jetty. When Trooper arrived on scene the 2011 Ranger Bay vessel was also capsizing due to the rough current. Operator was found approximately three and a half hours later holding onto channel marker 34 in the Intracoastal Water way between Coffee Island and Dauphin Island.
  