Very sobering, sad story... I had the pleasure of meeting Mike briefly in Miami several years ago, he's a VERY cool guy...
One more reminder that there can be an advantage to being aboard the smallest, most modest boat in an anchorage - as I almost always am... Not to mention, how easy the sugar scoop transom on that Hunter 49 made it for those swimmers to climb aboard...
http://www.latitude38.com/lectronic/lectronicday.lasso?date=2010-07-06&dayid=448