RedactedNarrative: ON THE AFTERNOON OF 3/09/21, RALEIGH DISPATCH ADVISED ME THAT A BOATING INCIDENT HAD OCCURRED IN PAMLICO COUNTY.  DISPATCH GAVE ME THE PHONE NUMBER FOR THE VESSEL OPERATOR.  I SPOKE WITH OPERATOR OVER THE PHONE AND HE AGREED TO MEET ME AT UPPER NECK ROAD.  NC.  THIS WAS THE LOCATION OPERATOR KEEPS HIS VESSEL.  I ARRIVED THERE AT APPROXIMATELY 4:20 PM.  UPON ARRIVAL, OPERATOR TOLD ME WHAT HAD OCCURRED.  OPERATOR REPORTED HE HAD ONLY BEEN ON HIS VESSEL FOR ABOUT THREE MINUTES WHEN THE HIGH-WATER LEVEL BILGE ALARM WENT OFF.  OPERATOR REPORTED THAT HE REALIZED HIS VESSEL WAS FILLING UP WITH WATER AND HE TURNED HIS VESSEL TO GO TO THE NEAREST LAND.  HE REPORTED THAT ABOUT THE TIME HE STARTED TURNING, THE ENGINE QUICKLY STOPPED DUE TO SUBMERSION.  HE REPORTED HE CALLED HIS FRIEND FOR HELP.  OPERATOR REPORTED HE JUMPED IN THE WATER AND QUICKLY REALIZED THE WATER WAS DEEPER THAN HE WAS EXPECTING.  HE REPORTED IT WAS ABOUT FIVE FEET DEEP.  HE REPORTED HE WAS IN THE WATER ABOUT 15 MINUTES UNTIL HIS FRIEND ARRIVED TO HELP HIM.  WHEN I OBSERVED OPERATOR'S VESSEL, IT WAS APPROXIMATELY HALF SUBMERGED AND WAS RESTING ON THE BOTTOM.  OPERATOR HAD ALREADY PLACED BOOM MATERIAL AROUND THE VESSEL IN AN EFFORT TO CONTAIN OIL AND/OR FUEL.  AT THIS TIME, OPERATOR WAS NOT SURE WHAT CAUSED HIS VESSEL TO FILL UP WITH WATER.  
  
  ON 3/12/21, I SPOKE WITH OPERATOR OVER THE PHONE AND HE REPORTED THAT HE HAD HIRED A SALVAGE COMPANY TO REMOVE THE VESSEL AND THE REMOVAL WAS COMPLETE.  HE REPORTED THAT HE DISCOVERED THAT A PATCH ON THE HULL OF THE VESSEL NEAR THE MOTOR HAD PEELED BACK.  HE REPORTED THIS WAS THE CAUSE OF HIS VESSEL FLOODING.  NO CHARGES WERE FILED IN THIS MATTER.  NOTHING FURTHER AT THIS TIME.
  
  
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