Fishermen pull a cruise ship crew member from the Pacific after nine hours, Newport Beach

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Fishermen off Newport Beach, California, found a cruise ship crew member floating 15 to 20 miles out after nine hours in the water and brought him to safety.

Key Lessons

The fishermen kept watching the water and spotted one person in a very large, empty stretch of ocean.
He was cold, shaking and unable to speak, so they got him out and called for help at once.
General guidance: if you see someone in open water, call 112 or the coast guard, keep your eyes on them and throw something that floats.
General guidance: for anyone pulled from cold water, handle them gently, keep them warm and get medical care.

What Happened

A crew member of the cruise ship Ovation of the Seas is believed to have gone overboard early on 6 November while the ship sailed from Southern California to Mexico. Fishermen found him floating about 15 to 20 miles off Newport Beach after roughly nine hours in the water, pulled him aboard and handed him to lifeguards. He was taken to hospital and is expected to survive. ABC7 spoke to the fishermen. The Coast Guard and the cruise line were looking into how he fell.

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