RedactedNarrative: On March 15, 2020 in St. Andrew Bay near Tyndall Air Force Base, a rental vessel excursion with friends turned into a tragedy when one of the vessel occupants voluntarily exited the boat to assist another swimmer and became distressed and subsequently drowned.
  
  Victim, a young student currently enrolled in college at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida, accompanied a group of fellow students and friends to Panama City, Florida for a spring break excursion. During the course of their time visiting, they rented a Pontoon boat from Aquatic Adventures, a boat livery located in Panama City Beach. There were several other boats with additional friends and fellow students onboard, however, during the course of the day they became separated.
  
  The single vessel incident involving Pontoon rental #19, a 2017 24' Leisure Craft Aluminum twin hull pontoon boat with a 50 HP Suzuki Four Stroke Outboard, occurred while underway and drifting near Tyndall Air force Base. 
  
  As the boat neared the part of St. Andrew Bay locally known as Davis Point, the occupants decided too voluntarily jump from the boat and swim back and climb aboard. This activity occurred several times, and eventually some of the female occupants began to join as well.  Shortly after one of the females jumped in the water and the boat steadily drifted away from the swimmers, a concern was voiced about one of the young ladies needing a personal floatation device. After several verbal attempts asking for someone to "grab" a "life Jacket", and no one able to produce one, Victim voluntarily exited the boat to assist the swimmer. In an effort to rescue the young lady, Victim was observed slipping below the surface and not resurfacing. 
  
  Subsequent emergency response involved the United States Coast Guard, The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, The Bay County Sheriffs Office, The Panama City Fire Department, and The Panama City Police Department. After a complete day and night search, Victim was recovered from the bottom of St. Andrew Bay in the same vicinity as the accident on March 16, 2020.; 
  
  The Medical Examiners report determined the cause of death was accidental drowning.
  