Here's What Happened After a Man Went
Overboard on a Cruise Ship
PJ Media,
by
Rick Moran
Original Article
Posted By: Hazymac,
11/27/2022 8:03:23 AM
It’s a survival story that appears to be made for the movies. The Carnival cruise ship Valor reported on Thanksgiving day that a passenger had gone overboard. His sister reported him missing around 8 a.m. but hadn’t seen him since he left a bar to use the restroom around 11 p.m. the previous evening.
At that point, the U.S. Coast Guard got involved. The ship turned around and retraced its route hoping to find the unidentified man. Eventually, Valor continued on its way with no sign of the man.
The Coast Guard conducted an intensive search, alerting all vessels in the area to the emergency. The Coast Guard resources included
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Pegmo 11/27/2022 8:13:09 AM (No. 1343174)
Bless the coast guard for their fine work!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
CaptainLibra 11/27/2022 8:13:48 AM (No. 1343175)
Wonder what role alcohol in his system played in his ability to fend off hypothermia?
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I'm happy for him and his family- he has just gotten a second chance at life, literally. But when I first heard this story my mind started to write the background deets - his evil beeyotch of a wife pushed him over the railing because he was worth a whole lot more dead than alive. Down he falls, and she goes back to their room certain that she pulled off the perfect crime ( he was drinking a lot, you know). And then, after 22 hours, he's rescued. OMG!!!!!! He's baaaack!!!!! Smile. Keep smiling. Maybe he won't remember. Or maybe he will...
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
mifla 11/27/2022 8:45:39 AM (No. 1343195)
Turns out that he was not vaccinated and the crew asked him to leave the ship?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
DVC 11/27/2022 8:47:28 AM (No. 1343196)
You wonder how someone falls off of a ship. A "hold my beer" moment when he wanted to see if he could urinate into the ocean from the liner, and climbed up on the rail to do it? Or was he "helped" by a person who wanted him dead? Doesn't seem like walking on the deck, no matter how drunk could get you over the rail without some sort of "assistance", either climbing the rail or a malevolent shove.
He's very lucky to have survived. 70F water sounds nice and warm, but I can assure you that after diving and swimming in Florida springs which run 68-70F, even on warm sunny days in summer will get you thoroughly chilled in a hour or two. He must have had some significant clothing on to help him stay warm in the water, and also been a decent swimmer to not have tired to the point of drowning.
Just surviving the impact with the water is a lucky thing. I'd guess that many who fall that far (40 feet? 60 feet?) are knocked out by the impact with the water and drown before they can gather their wits and start swimming.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Encore 11/27/2022 8:51:49 AM (No. 1343200)
The sharks probably didn’t want him if he was pickled.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
lil dotty 11/27/2022 8:56:49 AM (No. 1343205)
Brings to mind the movie, "The Silver Streak". Gene Wilder constantly
removed (by various means) from the train, always able to return aboard
and at last make it to Chicago..
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
southernboy 11/27/2022 8:59:12 AM (No. 1343207)
Bet he looks like the Pillsbury dough boy!
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Moral of the story: Don't drink and dive.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Rama41 11/27/2022 9:02:39 AM (No. 1343210)
He now goes by the name "Corkey".
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
obdurate 11/27/2022 9:13:53 AM (No. 1343222)
Make him pay for the cost of the rescue.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
MDConservative 11/27/2022 9:43:24 AM (No. 1343247)
FTA: "The man is 28 years old and will have a long life ahead of him..."
Don't bet on it.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
paloalto 11/27/2022 9:49:07 AM (No. 1343250)
All the stories say he could have been in the water as long as 15 hours. So, what's the minimum amount of time he could have been in the water? Just because he was last seen at 11:00 pm, fifteen + hours before he was rescued, doesn't mean that's when he fell overboard. It's probably too good a story as-is to ask any follow-up questions, but some inquiring minds would like to know.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Hazymac 11/27/2022 10:00:08 AM (No. 1343262)
In the Lifesaving merit badge program at Scout camp, one of the most useful techniques they taught was "drownproofing," which involves floating, facedown in the water, holding one's breath for somewhat longer than normal, then lifting one's face out of the water to breathe, and repeating until help arrives. Some people have "drownproofed" for up to a day if the water is warm enough not to kill them with hypothermia. During the peak of hurricane season the Gulf of Mexico is usually in the upper eighties. Hypothermia takes up to a day in water of this temperature. But we're in late November now. The Gulf is below eighty now, and so this blessed fellow might have had some angelic help to have lasted 22 hours in seventy-five degree water. He had to be numb. I would suggest that he never try this again. He was discovered three hours after dark. The odds were impossible, but he beat them.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 11/27/2022 10:47:08 AM (No. 1343306)
Nearly 24 hours in the ocean and at night treading 70-degree water. How is this even possible? Indeed, it was a miracle he survived.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
PostAway 11/27/2022 10:55:45 AM (No. 1343314)
The “warm glow” that people feel when imbibing alcoholic beverages is a result of vasodilation. This causes the body to lose warmth naturally and would be an additional risk factor during submersion in ocean water at the depths and the location the man was found. The body needs a temperature approaching ≈96-99 degrees to stay alive long term. Immersion in water temperatures of even 80 degrees for several hours would be debilitating and potentially deadly. Bundling up with street clothes or outerwear would not help. Not only would they be useless for warmth when saturated but their water-weight would tend to pull a human body downward. There is a school of thought that believes bottomed jeans were developed for sailors for easy removal in the water as a safety precaution. I suspect this man was, shall we say, well padded due to a healthy appetite and very, very lucky.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 11/27/2022 11:34:17 AM (No. 1343349)
I wouldn’t get on a Carnival cruise ship if my life depended on it. Something bad is always happening on those boats. Brawls in bars, people falling overboard, murders - never a dull moment.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
earlybird 11/27/2022 11:40:15 AM (No. 1343355)
A lot of bother, a lot of expense. Probably drunk as a skunk.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
mc squared 11/27/2022 1:00:30 PM (No. 1343429)
#3; Put down the remote. You're watching too much Detective Poirot
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
ladydawgfan 11/27/2022 1:13:58 PM (No. 1343442)
#9 wins the internet today!!
After 18 hours in the ocean, his ne is now Bob!!
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Zeek Wolfe 11/27/2022 2:11:25 PM (No. 1343481)
Trousers with the legs knotted and filled with air can keep a person afloat for an extended period. I learned how to do that when I was six. I fell off Noah's ark, you see.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
JimBob 11/27/2022 3:38:13 PM (No. 1343527)
First, I'm happy that the guy survived.
Second, Serious Kudos to all involved in finding and rescuing him.
Third, I just cannot help thinking... the guy left the bar, needed to pee.....decided it would be WAY more fun to pee over the rail, then the Ultimate "Oh [Feces]" moment!
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
lynngirl122 11/27/2022 5:34:40 PM (No. 1343579)
Carnival is bottom of the barrel cheap ghetto trash.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
JHHolliday 11/27/2022 8:16:25 PM (No. 1343649)
Wow. Maybe God has a purpose for this guy later in his life. If I were he, I would seriously think about what it might be and devote those bonus years to find out what it might be.
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