RedactedNarrative: V1 was pulling a tube on cherry lake. Swimmer 1 fell off the tube and injured his neck. Swimmer 2 pulled swimmer 1 on board and V1 transported swimmer 1 to beach where EMS transported swimmer 1 for possible neck injury. 
  
  During the interview I learned the following. 
  -	Operator1 was the operator at the time of the accident. 
  -	At the time of the accident there was seven people on board the vessel and two on the tube, Subject1, and his son.
  -	The family had stopped the boat in the middle of the lake to swim. When they went to start riding again subject1 stated he’d like to ride the tube. 
  -	Both Subject1 and his son were on the tube while Operator1 operated the vessel south east toward Sims beach and then turned south to go around the inner edge of the lake. 
  -	Both men were wearing personal flotation devices and were approximately 200 yards off Sims Beach when the tube slid to the outside of the wake on the port side of the vessel and hit a wave created from another vessel. 
  -	Subject1 was on the left side of the tube and his son was on the right side when they both fell off the tube into the water.  
  -	They vessel was traveling at approximately 20-30 mph when the men fell off the tube. 
  -	Subject2 came straight up to the surface and observed his father, Subject1 floating face down in the water and not picking up his head. 
  -	After 4-5 seconds Subject2 realized his father was injured and swam to him and flipped him over with his face out of the water. 
  -	Operator1 observed something was wrong and turned the vessel around and traveled to the two men’s location. Operator1 then jumped into the water and assisted Subject2 in helping Subject1 onto the boat.  Subject2 then began to do chest compressions on his father. 
  -	After approximately 30 seconds Subject1 opened his eyes but could not feel anything below his neck. 
  -	Operator1 navigated the vessel to Sims Beach where they waited on emergency services to arrive. 
  
  Subject1's injury from the collision with the water resulted in a compression of the C7 vertebrate in his spine. Surgery was performed by doctors at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital on the spine and the C7 vertebrate was removed and replaced with a metal plate. The surgery was a success. Subject1 will be completing physical therapy at a spinal cord center once released from the hospital. Subject1 is expected to make a full recovery.
  