On December 23, 2023, at approximately 1000 hours, Subject was paddling his 20-foot racing canoe off St. Augustine Inlet in the Atlantic Ocean. He was paddling with two others, each on their own canoe. Operator was seen falling out of his canoe approximately ¾ of a mile east of the inlet mouth and was able to get back on. 

Sometime after, the other two subjects with Operator looked back and saw Operator’s canoe capsized but did see him. The two subjects paddling with Operator searched approximately twenty minutes for him before returning to shore to call 911. Operator was found deceased by Good Samaritans on December 26, 2023, on Ponte Vedra Beach, approximately 7 miles north of where he was last seen.; OPERATOR’s cause of death was accidental drowning
atlantic ocean
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