RedactedNarrative: Vessel – 1996, 20’ 3” StarCraft 19 Aluminum Open Motorboat w/1 Honda Outboard Engine – 90 HP
  
  On 05/11/2019, at about 10:30 a.m., this vessel, operated by Operator, was drifting on Puget 8-2 SE of Camano Island, located near Camano Island, WA in Snohomish County.
  
  According to Law Enforcement on this date and time, while assisting with the opener of shrimping season, the Officer received a distress call reporting that someone was down and that CPR was in progress at the above location.  The Officer, along with the Hat Island Ferry Captain who he had recruited to assist, quickly responded to the area.  
  
  The vessel in distress was located just SE of Camano Island head.  There were several citizen boats that had also heard the call who were tied along side the distressed vessel.  The Officer’s vessel turned in and rafted off to another vessel.  He could see that active CPR was being done on a male in a small aluminum boat.  Once the vessel was secured, the Hat Island Ferry Captain, along with another Deputy, immediately went onto the victim’s vessel and assisted with CPR.  
  
  WDFW soon arrived at the scene and tied up directly to the victim’s boat.  It was decided to transfer the victim on to the WDFW vessel as it a faster and sturdier vessel.  The victim was shuttled to the 10th Street Boat Launch to meet Everett City Fire.  CPR continued to be performed by Law Enforcement, WDFW, Hat Island Ferry Captain and a civilian all the way back to the Boat Launch.  The WDFW vessel was not equipped with an AED.
  
  Once the victim was in route to the 10th Street Boat Launch, Officers were able to briefly get the story of what had transpired.  They spoke with the only subject that was on the vessel, operator.  Operator told the Officer that her husband, Victim, had fallen and hit his head on the transom and stopped breathing.  Officers took Operator back to the Langley Marina, where she and Victim had launched their boat.  Once at the dock, Operator gave the Officer a much more detailed account of what had occurred on the water… 
  
  …Victim and Operator had launched from Langley at around 06:30 a.m.  They had planned to shrimp between Hat Island and Camano Island.  Around 10:00 a.m., the water and wind had significantly picked up.  They decided to pick up their three shrimp pots and return back to Langley.  Operator had been operating the boat at that time taking instructions from Victim on how to operate the boat.  Victim had been pulling in all of the pots by hand.  When he got to the 3rd pot, he commented to Operator that it was really hard and heavy to pull due to the wind.  
  
  Victim suddenly slipped on the wet deck, fell and hit his head on the starboard side of the transom.  Operator immediately turned off the boat and rolled Victim onto his back.  His head was bloody, his lips were blue and he had no pulse.  Operator called 911 on her cell phone but was having difficulty determining what county they were currently in.  She then used the VHF radio to call for help and began CPR on Victim.  She started the boat and drove to another nearby vessel to get additional assistance.  Police services soon arrived and transported Victim to the hospital.
  
  Officers later responded to Providence Hospital, where they learned that Victim had not survived the incident.  They briefly spoke with Victim’s son who told them that the doctors said it looked like Victim had suffered a heart attack during the incident.  Victim did suffer from high blood pressure, gout and was diabetic.    
  
  0 Injuries / 1 Fatality
  No Apparent Alcohol or Drug Involvement 
  No Vessel Damage Reported
  Operator was Wearing a PFD
  Operator Did Not have a Mandatory Boater Education Card
  