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  1. Video of Man Overboard: Rescued After Fall From Cruise Ship

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  3. Video Shows Overboard Cruise Ship Passenger Rescued After 20 Hours

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  4. Caught on video: Dramatic rescue of cruise ship passenger who fell overboard

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  5. Cruise Ship Passengers Speak Out After Man Falls Overboard

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  6. Man falls overboard on Carnival cruise ship

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  1. 'I wasn't going to give up': A cruise ship passenger who fell overboard

    When James Michael Grimes fell overboard from a Carnival cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico, he said the sheer will to live, along with strength from God, kept him alive as he miraculously swam for ...

  2. James Grimes reveals how he survived 20 hours overboard

    The Alabama man who fell off a Carnival cruise ship and miraculously survived nearly 20 hours treading water says he fought off what he feared was a shark and was forced to eat floating bamboo as ...

  3. Carnival cruise passenger who went overboard was 'dead set' on

    A man who went overboard on a Carnival cruise ship and said he spent nearly 20 hours in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico is speaking out about the experience.

  4. Carnival cruise ship passenger who went overboard, James Michael Grimes

    Coast Guard diver on saving cruise passenger who went overboard 00:43. He spent nearly 20 hours alone, treading water in the Gulf of Mexico after falling off a cruise ship and being saved on ...

  5. Man who fell off ship, treaded water for 20 hours back home

    James Michael Grimes is treading water, looking for land, looking for light. He can't hear out of his left ear-- he wonders how in the world he fell into the ocean from the sixth floor of a cruise liner. "That can't be," he thinks to himself. "I wouldn't be alive.". He wonders where the ship went.

  6. Passenger Who Fell from Cruise Ship Was 'Dead Set' on Surviving

    James Grimes, 28, was pulled from the Gulf of Mexico last Thursday after falling off the Carnival ship Valor on the night before Thanksgiving. In an interview with ABC News, the Alabama man said ...

  7. Cruise passenger who fell overboard tells how he survived 15 hours in

    James MIchael Grimes, 28, discusses how he narrowly survived falling off a cruise ship and spending 15 hours in open water on Thanksgiving (screengrab/ABC/Good Morning America)

  8. Alabama man who fell overboard on cruise recalls experience

    The 28-year-old from Lafayette, Alabama, was with 18 relatives on a Carnival cruise to Cozumel, Mexico, when some how he ended up overboard after a day of fun. When Stephen Fry came to Alabama to watch the Iron Bowl, a 'local derby between amateur students'. On Nov. 23, he had won an air-guitar contest held on the cruise and remembers ...

  9. Alabama man who fell overboard on cruise recalls 20-hour ordeal in the

    Alabama man who fell overboard on cruise recalls 20-hour ordeal in the water. He spent nearly 20 hours alone, treading water in the Gulf of Mexico after falling off a cruise ship and being saved on Thanksgiving. James Michael Grimes said the experience has taught him to not take life for granted. Grimes told a network news outlet that his worst ...

  10. Carnival Cruise Ship Passenger Discusses Surviving 20 Hours After

    An Alabama man who fell off a Carnival cruise ship spoke to ABC News this week about surviving after treading water for nearly 20 hours. James Grimes, 28, claims he isn't sure how he fell off ...

  11. Man survives 20 hours in ocean after falling off cruise ship

    VALLEY, Ala. —. It's an incredible story of a will to live under horrific conditions, and James Michael Grimes is alive to tell it. The night before Thanksgiving, James fell off a cruise ship hours after it left port in New Orleans. He stayed alive while treading water for 20 hours before he was rescued. Advertisement.

  12. Cruise ship passenger rescued from ocean isn't sure how he went ...

    An Alabama man who rescuers pulled from the Gulf of Mexico hours after he was reported missing from a cruise ship doesn't know how he wound up in the water, he told ABC.. James Michael Grimes ...

  13. Cruise Passenger Who Survived 20 Hours Overboard Has No Idea How He Fell

    The 28-year-old Carnival cruise ship passenger who somehow stayed alive for 20 hours after falling overboard on Thanksgiving eve says the last thing he remembers onboard was winning an air guitar contest in one of the ship lounges.. James Michael Grimes told ABC News in an interview that aired Friday morning that he likely passed out when he fell from the Carnival Valor into the water, but was ...

  14. Man Who Fell Off Cruise Ship Swam With Sharks, Treaded 20 Hours

    An Alabama man who fell overboard on a Carnival cruise ship said he swam with sharks and treaded water for nearly 20 hours after the accident.. James Michael Grimes, 28, called his survival story an experience of a lifetime during an exclusive interview with ABC News that aired on Good Morning America Friday (December 2) morning.. Grimes said he spent nearly 20 hours treading waters alone in ...

  15. Alabama Man Details How He Survived At Sea For 20 Hours After Fal

    Mike Gunzelman. Published December 3, 2022 12:58 PM EST | Updated December 3, 2022 12:58 PM EST. An Alabama man is detailing how he was able to stay alive for TWENTY HOURS treading water in the Gulf of Mexico after falling off a Carnival Cruise ship. In an interview with ABC, James Michael Grimes says he doesn't remember how he ended up falling ...

  16. 'I was wheeling and dealing with God': Cruise passenger ...

    AT THIS HOUR. Link Copied! CNN's Kate Bolduan speaks with James Michael Grimes, who fell overboard from a Carnival cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico. Grimes was found by the US Coast Guard after ...

  17. Overboard cruise passenger spent hours in Gulf of Mexico before he was

    Nov. 25, 2022, 6:56 PM PST. By Dennis Romero and Juliette Arcodia. A man who went overboard during a holiday cruise in the Gulf of Mexico was rescued after several hours in the water off New ...

  18. Coast Guard rescues man who went overboard on Carnival cruise ship

    Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE. A 28-year-old man who went overboard while on a Carnival cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard almost 20 hours after ...

  19. Coast Guard searching for man who fell overboard from Carnival cruise

    By Mirna Alsharif and Austin Mullen. The Coast Guard is searching for a 35-year-old man who fell overboard while on a Carnival cruise ship near Florida on Monday, according to a statement. The man ...

  20. Royal Caribbean cruise horror as man, 20, jumps overboard

    A cruise turned into a nightmare for people aboard Royal Caribbean's Liberty of the Seas when a young man jumped overboard shortly after 4 a.m. Thursday.. The 18-story ship was sailing between ...

  21. Carnival cruise passenger who went overboard was 'dead set' on

    December 02, 2022, 3:04 am. LA FAYETTE, ALABAMA -- James Michael Grimes is speaking out for the first time in an exclusive interview with ABC News after going overboard on a Carnival cruise ship after being missing for almost 20 hours. The 28-year-old man said he was determined to make it out of the Gulf of Mexico alive, calling it the ...

  22. A man went missing from a Carnival cruise ship in the Gulf of ...

    See moment man who went overboard cruise ship was spotted. ... and Mobile, Alabama, he said. The search extended more than 200 miles in the gulf, Gross said, adding the water temperature there ...

  23. Search suspended for man who fell overboard from Carnival cruise ship

    John Raoux/AP, FILE. The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a Virginia man who fell from a cruise ship balcony earlier this week. Ronnie Peale Jr., 35, went overboard from a Carnival ...

  24. Everything that happens when someone falls overboard on a cruise ship

    A report from the Cruise Lines International Association about people falling overboard between 2009 and 2019 found that passengers had a 0.00004 percent chance of falling from the ship.

  25. Cruise Passenger, 23, Reportedly Falls Overboard After Texting ...

    A 23-year-old passenger is presumed dead after falling from the MSC Euribia cruise ship, according to multiple reports. Liam Jones, a social work student from Scotland, was last seen on March 16 ...

  26. What Happens When Someone Falls Overboard on a Cruise Ship?

    Reassuringly, overboard incidents are extremely rare. A report from the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) indicates that between 2009 and 2019, a total of 212 people fell overboard on cruise ships, with only 48 having been rescued. While over 200 people falling overboard in the space of 11 years might seem like an awful lot, in reality, the average incident rate for all cruise ...

  27. The Coast Guard suspends search for a man who went overboard from a

    The US Coast Guard has suspended its search for a 35-year-old man who went overboard from a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean this week, the military branch said Wednesday. ... He fell from the ...

  28. Student who fell overboard on cruise ship holiday sent tragic ...

    A student is believed to be dead after falling from a cruise ship into the North Sea. Liam Jones, 23, was on board the MSC Euribia departing from Southampton to enjoy a seven-day holiday in ...