Ocean City Native, Veteran Badly Injured In New Orleans Terror Attack

OCEAN CITY, NJ — An Ocean City native and U.S. Army veteran was one of many injured in the New Year's Day terror attack in New Orleans that killed 14, according to a fundraiser.

Adam Coste was severely injured on the lower half of his body in the attack, according to a GoFundMe launched by a close friend, and now has to undergo intensive treatment and surgeries in order to relearn how to walk.

"Adam would quite literally give you the shirt off his own back if you needed it," the fundraiser reads. "He would never ask for help because he is typically the one helping us."

Coste grew up in Ocean City, according to the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, where he works as the education travel manager at their Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy.

His bio says that he graduated from West Point in 2009 and then served 11 years as an infantry officer in the Army, being deployed overseas three times to the Middle East and Europe. In Coste's last active duty assignment in 2018-2020, he served as the Assistant Professor of Military Science at Tulane University.

"He courageously served our nation on multiple combat deployments, and is a military history enthusiast," the GoFundMe reads.

As of Monday morning, the fundraiser had received nearly $80K out of a $100K total. Any excess funds will be donated to the Greater New Orleans Foundation, as Coste wishes.

"I am creating this GoFundMe to take away any undue stress from Adam while he recovers physically, emotionally and awaits returning to work at the National WW2 museum, in his role as the Educational Travel Manager, Institute for the study of war and democracy, where his true passion lies," the fundraiser reads.

You can find the GoFundMe here.