RedactedNarrative: On Tuesday, January 21, 2020, Operator and his friends were duck hunting on the core sound.  It was around 4:00pm when they decided to head back to the boat ramp.  Operator was operating his 18ft aluminum starcraft vessel heading back to oyster creek boat ramp in davis.  The wind speed was around 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph that day throwing the men off course as they headed back to the boat ramp running them aground. 
  
   When they ran aground on a shoal, the boat motor cut off and would not start back up while they were on the shoal.  Trying to get the motor started, waves were crashing over the bow eventually pushing the boat off the shoal into deeper water.  They had the bilge pump going but it simply could not keep up with the amount of water flooding the boat.  At that point, subject1 called 911 for help (all other phones were dead at this point).  He gave communications their location and stated they needed help and were not going to make it back to the boat ramp.  He eventually lost his phone when it fell in the water.  Then Operator then made subject2 put on a life jacket and told him to stay in the boat and hold onto the motor.  Then Operator and subject1 jumped overboard and held onto the motor.
  
  Meanwhile, it was around 5pm when a volunteer at the harkers island fire dept, heard the call come over the radio.  He knew his buddy was in core sound duck hunting with friends so he called him to make sure he was alright; he was alright.  Subject3 was okay but he remembered seeing a small white boat in core sound hunting near him, so he turned around to make sure they were alright.  He eventually saw them in the distance and made his way to them.  It was round 5:15pm when subject3 got to them.  
  
  When he arrived the stern of the boat was sticking out of the water with subject2. Inside the boat hanging onto the motor and operator and subject1 in the water hanging onto the motor.  Subject3 and his friends quickly pulled the 3 men into their boat and took them to davis off south harbor rd where they arrived approximately 10 minutes later.  Ems was there waiting for them and the 3 were taken to carteret general hospital and were treated for hypothermia and released later that evening.
  
  On jan 22nd, subject3 found the boat and pumped out the water and carried it to the great island cabin docks on core banks to get the vessel out of harms way.  On jan 24th, subject3 towed the boat back to davis off north harbor dr.  Operator then made contact with subject3 salter on jan 25th to make arrangements to pick up the vessel.  Eventually the vessel was picked up by Operator on jan 29th.
  
  In total the estimated damage to the vessel and all its belongings was $1500.00.  This includes some electrical damage to the vessel and hunting gear (shotguns and decoys) that floated away during the incident.  
  