RedactedNarrative: Operator and family were tubing between the bridges in banks channel at wrightsville beach. Two people were on the tube being pulled when it began to be pushed near the bridge pylons.  Subject1 was standing on the back of the vessel pulling in the tube rope when the operator turned the vessel toward the port side and put it in gear to avoid hitting the bridge.  Once the vessel was in gear, the tube line tightened around subject1's left forearm snatching her out of the vessel.  She was then pulled through the water for several seconds before the vessel could stop and the line could loosen.  Subject1 was wearing a pfd at the time of the incident as she had been on the tube just prior to the incident.  She was then taken to new hanover regional medical center orthopedic hospital for evaluations.  She suffered only minor contusions to the forearm from the rope.
  
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