RedactedNarrative: Operator No. 1 provided statement via e-mail:
  
  "Exiting Hereford. Approaching what appeared to be the last swell before the open ocean. Went up onto the swell. Came down. victim, like several others went up and back down on the cushion. She then slid to the floor of the bow where it became apparent that she hurt her back. Returned to personal dock where SH PD and SH Rescue Squad met us. She was lifted from the boat and taken to Cape Regional for testing."
  
  Victim No. 1 provided a statement at Atlanticare Cape Regional:
  
  She said, to the effect, that she was seated in the bow section of Vessel No. 1 when it rose and dropped with the concurrent wave action, causing injury to her back. 
  
  
  The investigation based on the statements from the operator and victim as well as the environmental conditions known and familiar to this writer in the area where the incident occurred:
  
  Vessel No. 1 was being piloted by Operator No. 1 on a southeast course, through Hereford inlet to the Atlantic Ocean. This is an area that experiences rolling waves of varying size and power traveling into the inlet. Vessel No. 1 experienced a swell large enough to cause it to pitch with enough energy to negate the support and stability of Victim No. 1, seated in the bow area.   This caused her body to experience a jarring effect from the gravitational effects of the vessel traversing the wave. The initial effect would be to pull her down into the seat as the vessel travels through the trough and up the face of the wave, then rise up to a momentary experience of weightlessness at the peak of the wave then an experience of stronger downward force as the vessel crests the wave and travels down it into the next trough. This force caused the injury to Victim No. 1's back and subsequent medical treatment.
  