RedactedNarrative: On 06/21/2016, at approximately 10:30am, a pontoon vessel being operated by the victim, one other adult, and four children departed a residence along with a PWC with operator and a passenger.  
  
  During this time, the children were being towed on a large float behind the pontoon, and taken for rides on the PWC.  At approximately 11:20 am, three of the children exited the pontoon to swim in the lake, leaving the victim and the adult passenger on board.  The children were near the pontoon vessel, but the vessel had begun to drift away, and the victim decided to swim out to them and bring them closer to the vessel.  
  
  According to the adult passenger, she had asked the victim if he needed to wear a life jacket, and he said no.  The victim went down the ladder at the stern of the vessel and swam out to the children, who were approximately 10 yards away from the vessel.  After the victim swam to the children, the adult passenger stated the victim looked strange, and she called out to him and asked if he was alright, and the victim said no.  The passenger also told him to float but he didn''t.  The passenger told the child that was nearest to try and hold onto the victim, but he was unable to.  The passenger looked for a life jacket to get to him, but she was unable to find one.  
  
  She was able to start the vessel''s engine, but the foot had been raised and she was unable to lower it, but enough of the propeller was in the water that the vessel did move somewhat.  While this was happening, the vessel was drifting farther away due to the wind.  The passenger saw the PWC coming back toward them, and she began to wave with her arms to get the PWC operators attention and come to the vessel.  
  
  The passenger on the pontoon vessel stated that he had been under water for up to 45 seconds by this time.  She placed a call to the victim’s wife and 911.  The 911 call was placed at 11:34 am.  The PWC operator got into the water to attempt to find the victim, but she was unsuccessful.  After these attempts to find the victim, the children were put on the PWC, and the PWC operator attempted to find the victim again, but was again, unsuccessful.  The PWC with the children were taken to the pontoon vessel and transferred to it, and the PWC operator went again to search for the victim.  Without success, she began to look for landmarks to mark where the victim was last seen.  A neighbor brought the victim''s wife to the scene and she searched in the water with no success.  Emergency personnel arrived on the scene shortly thereafter.
  
  The victim was recovered by the rescue squad on 6-25-2016, at approximately 1745.
  