RedactedNarrative: Synopsis:  On 6/19/2017 at approximately 1702 hours, the Alaska State Troopers responded with Mat-Su Fire Rescue to a report of a capsized canoe with two passengers in Finger Lake.  
  
  The passengers were rowing in their canoe when a boater drove nearby creating a wake causing them to capsize.  They were wearing auto inflating flotation vests which did not self inflate.  One of them was able to swim and tried to assist the other by pulling the manual inflation cord on the vest which again failed to inflate.  
  
  For approximately five minutes the paddler tried to help the other person stay afloat while yelling for assistance.  A boater arrived on scene and assisted the one person into their boat. The other paddler had submerged and drowned. Investigation later revealed that neither life jacket had been properly armed per the manufacturer's instructions.