RedactedNarrative: Operator stated they had been on the river for a few hours pulling the 4 children.  Operator said the kids wanted him to pull them in circles; he began to steer the vessel to pull the tube in circles and as the tube slid into its second counter-clockwise circle it struck a tree near the bank injuring two of the children. One of the children was being air lifted to the hospital in Tallahassee Florida. The other was being taken by ambulance to the same hospital. Both children were alive. Operator stated he was traveling about 15 miles per hour.
  
  The operator was charged with boating under the influence. 
  
  
  