RedactedNarrative: On this date, I responded to a call for an injured subject being transported by boat to the Atlantic City Marine Station. ODU (10 Comm) requested an ambulance reference transportation to the hospital. The caller reported his wife injured her back on the his boat in Little Egg Inlet after coming down from a large wave. I contacted the caller and learned he was bringing his wife in from the inlet through the ICW to the NJSP Atlantic City Station. I advised Operator to dock his boat at the USCG dock to easily remove his wife from his vessel to the ambulance.
  
  Upon his arrival, members of the Exceptional Quality Medical Transportation conducted an assessment of Operator's wife.  We assisted her from the vessel to the ambulance. They transported Victim to the AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center. Ssgt. transported Operator to the hospital. Vessel occupant removed the boat from the Coast Guard Station back to the residence, with the remaining occupants, without incident.
  
  Operator #1 stated "On 8/27/2022 at approximately 9:12 A.M. I was at the helm of my vessel navigating through the Little Egg Inlet. There were four adults and one child on board. As I was exiting the marked channel I set a course on my GPS to the AC Reef which was our final destination to fish for the day. I was looking at the calculations on my GPS (distance and time to the AC Reel) when I glanced up and noticed a large wave approaching my bow. I yelled out to the passengers sitting on the bow to warn them and pulled back on the throttles. The boat crested the wave with the bow falling downward causing the bow passengers to come off of the bow seats and land back on the seats. One of the passengers injured her back when this occurred. It was determined that she needed medical attention and I began to head back west through the inlet to the  inter-coastal. I decided to transport her to Atlantic City. I notified NJSP via cell phone to advise them what had happened and that I was going to travel to their AC Marine station. NJSP arranged for an ambulance to meet us there. Upon our arrival we met the ambulance crew and they transported her to Atlantic City Medical Center."
  
  Victim #1 stated "I came up about two feet and landed back down on the seat. I thought I broke my back."
  
  Investigation revealed: Operator #1 was traveling southeast through the Little Egg Inlet when the boat came down off of a large cresting wave. The forward occupants of the boat became momentarily air born as the boat went down. The occupants then went down hard on their respective seats. Victim was seated on the port side bow seat and suffered severe pain when she landed back on the seat. Victim was treated at AtlaniCare Medical Center in Atlantic City. She sustained a fracture to the L2 vertebrae. No other occupants were injured.
  
  