RedactedNarrative: SYNOPSIS
  On August 2, 2020 I was dispatched to a boating accident with reports of a person entangled in the prop of the boat. I responded to the Provo Marina and took members of the Utah County Sheriff's Office and Provo FD with me to the accident site. Upon arrival we found a man in the water up to the top of his shoulders. Attempts were made to free the man and once he was free he was backboarded onto my patrol boat. I then took him to the Lindon Marina where he was transported by ambulance to Utah Valley Hospital.
  
  NARRATIVE
  Enroute to marina:
  On August 2, 2020 at 1318hrs I was dispatched to a report of a man whose leg was caught up in the propeller of a boat and pinned with him still in the water. I activated my lights and siren and asked dispatch to find a deputy who could assist me and meet me at Utah Lake State Park (Provo Marina). Utah Sheriff's Deputy 1 was assigned the assist. While en route I asked for the latitude/longitude. Near 1600 W. Center st I found myself behind an ambulance from Battalion 22 stationed at 22 W. Center St in Provo. I followed behind the ambulance through two intersections and near 2830 west I passed the ambulance on the left after looking ahead to see if I could do it safely which I determined I could after balancing all factors. My reason for doing so was that I was the only Ranger working that day and knew that there was likely to be a line of cars and I was the only one who knew the code to the dock where the ranger boats are kept and how to operate either of them. Just before reaching the park I was notified the County Dive Team had been paged. As I got to the park there was a line of cars in the only open lane. I motioned for booth attendant and told her to move the barricade for the other responders behind me. Later, I learned from booth attendant that there had been an ambulance and fire truck waiting in the line of traffic but she was unaware anything was going on because they didn't have their lights or siren on. After getting through the lane I notified dispatch of my arrival at the marina. Booth attendant told me that later an ambulance and a few Sheriff vehicle came through. As I came to a stop near the docks I asked Provo FD from Station 24 if they could send some people with me. I ran to the boat and began making it ready to go once everyone and the needed resources were on the board. I put in a lat/long just as the four members of Station 24 and Deputy 1 were loading the last of the gear. I activated the lights and siren on the 27' patrol boat and notified dispatch we were on the water and en route to the accident.
  
  En route to patient
  Left the Provo Marina at approx 1332hrs. We arrived at the patient boat at approx 1339hrs and saw the patient, Victim, inderneath the swim deck on the stern of the boat with his head and part of his shoulders above water. I came in with them directly at my boaw so my wake would go on either side. As we got close I slowed and brought the boat to my port side, with our sterns flush with each other and tied on to thier boat at the stern and mid section.
  
  Rescuer got into the water after ensuring the motor was turned off. The occupants told us the key was turned off. I reached into their boat and pulled the lanyard as a precaution. Initial observations I made of Victim was there was no blood visible, he was concious and alert and verbalized pain at times when the boat would shift. Rescuer is certified in swift water rescue and open dive certified. He had with him a pair of swimming goggles and attempted to view the entrapment from underwater but due to to the common low visibility in Utah Lake he was unable to clearly see how Victim was trapped. We had brought with us a saws all and the jaws of life, however no one felt comfortable using them with not being able to see with more detail. Rescuer tried to move the prop and found it would come to a firm stop after a slight movement in either direction. He asked if the boat was in neutral. I leaned into their boat where I saw the throttle at the 2 o'clock position. I asked if they knew were the neutral was. They said at the top. I moved it from the 2 position to the 12 position. From there it would move neither forward or back without depressing a bar so I did agree that was the neutral position. Rescuer asked me to lift and turn my prop to him so he could visualize and see how freely they spun in neutral compared to gear. He tried again to turn the prop on the patient boat and found the same limitations as before.
  
  During the efforts it was suggested that we consider removing the prop if possible. I asked the medics if a good airway could be maintained if I asked the occupants to walk to the bow which may raise the stern and allow more room to work. The attempt was made but yielded no benefits so the occupants again cmae to the middle. I handed Rescuer the two largest wrenches we had on the boat but he said the didn't even come close. Search and Rescue was staging at the Provo Marina and was requested to bring larger wrenches. Rescuer continued to try to assess what was stopping Victim from being free of the boat. During this assessment he requested some trauma sheers. When I asked him later, he had felt like the swimming shorts were bound up on the exhaust port above the prop. He wasn't able to say with certainty but thought it was possible the shorts may have also gotten into the groove between the two props. Shortly after cutting the shorts Victim said he felt something. It was a none specific statement but indicated something had changed. Rescuer tried again to rotate the prop and while doing so the leg came free.
  
  At this time there were two SAR members approaching on PWC's. I waved them off to prevent any wake. Also at this time the SAR Zodiac arrived. The medics kept him in the same anatomical position while I handed them a floating backboard I had put spider straps on the left side of. While they were placing him on the board I untied the two ropes holding the boats together and slid the boats by hand so that Victim was near the section I took out of my boat that allows the boat deck to be just a few inches above the water line and allows easy access into the boat. As Victim was raised to the surface I saw 5-6 lacerations starting on the interior/anterior femur about 5" distal to the hip. There were two deep lacerations in the femur area, one appeared to expose the femur bone. The lacerations continued down the interior/anterior area just distal to the knee and appeared to be 3-4 cuts. Bleeding was minimal as they slid him onboard and after he was fully on the boat, Deputy 1 and I secured the section of the boat that had been taken out. Once that was done the ropes were untied and I started my boat. I gestured to the Zodiac that we were going to move and got on the radio to ask them to go before us and clear the Lindon Marina from any boats coming in or out.
  
  At approx 1418hrs dispatch was notified that the patient was free and en route to Lindon Marina. Before I could get on plane a medic told me to stop at the black boat in front of me. Medics at Lindon Marina had gotten onto a civilian boat to transport medications to use. I pulled up next to the boat where I took on one more medic. I then got on plane and went to Lindon Marina where Orem FD was waiting at the dock. I pulled into the dock, ropes were secured and Victim was passed onto a stretcher and taken to the ambulance who took him to Utah Valley Hospital. At that point I went back to Provo Marina for follow up.
  
  FOLLOW UP
  At Provo Marina I contacted Passenger 1 and Passenger 2. I asked them the events leading up to the accident. They said Victim had been knee boarding and they came around to pick him up. They said they had pulled the rope in do it wasn't in the way. Next Passenger 2 said that "as he was trying to get up into the boat I think it just sucked his leg underneath" before they all jumped on him and "it just stopped".