RedactedNarrative: On April 5, 2017 at approximately 21:50 hours, a vessel accident where a vessel sank that occurred on the Atlantic Ocean on the west side of Ft. Lauderdale Beach, approximately 1.5 miles off shore, GPS coordinates 26 06.0 N 080 05.2 W.  
  
  Vessel 1 (V1), a 22-foot Bayliner Marine, center console with six (6) occupants on board was anchored.  While recreational fishing for approximately 45 minutes, V1 started taking on water quickly and all the occupants on board jumped off.  According to the witnesses, the vessel sank pretty quickly and did not have anything to hang on to and had to tread water.  Due to victim’s inability to swim and not wearing a PFD, he subsequently drowned.
  
  