V1 WAS TRAVELING NORTH IN THE GULF OF MEXICO JUMPING WAVES CREATED BY WEATHER CONDITIONS. ACCORDING TO THE OPERATOR ANOTHER WAVE APPEARED THAT WAS RUNNING IN A CROSS DIRECTION TO THE WAVES THAT HE WAS JUMPING. AS THE VESSEL ENTERED THE AIR, IT BEGAN TO TILT TO THE PORT SIDE. THE OPERATOR STATED THAT SINCE HIS VESSEL WAS TILTING TO THE LEFT, HE ATTEMPTED TO COUNTER THE TILT BY LEANING TO THE RIGHT. AS THE VESSEL LANDED AFTER JUMPING THE WAVE, THE OPERATOR FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK CAUSING HIM TO FALL OFF THE VESSEL. THE OPEATOR DELT WITH THE PAIN AND WAS ABLE TO CLIMB BACK ONTO THE VESSEL AND OPERATE IT BACK TO SHORE. THE AIN BEGAN TO GROW AS HE REACHED THE SHORE SO RESCUE WAS CALLED TO ASSIST THE OPERATOR.
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