A person has cheated dying, surviving an unimaginable 15 hours within the water after he fell overboard from a cruise ship - with no life-jacket.
Travis Rhea of the US Coast Guard stated the person had fallen from the Carnival Valour earlier than it headed into Gulf of Mexico.
"At 2.30am on Thursday, Thanksgiving, we obtained notification of a lacking passenger," Rhea instructed Right now.
"We instantly issued our pressing machine data broadcast. That basically alerts all mariners within the neighborhood to maintain a lookout.
"We additionally launched all accessible assets to help within the seek for the person. We launched a aircraft, a helicopter and a 45-foot response boat."
Rhea, who was the pilot on the rescue mission, stated it had taken hours earlier than they noticed the person.
"We have been most likely within the air for about 4 hours earlier than discovering it within the water."
Rhea stated it was the person's "will to dwell" that had left him survive so lengthy.
"Based mostly on the circumstance and the size of him being within the water, 15-plus hours within the circumstances, three to five-foot seas, 75 diploma (23C) water temperature - merely his will to outlive," he stated.
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"He was clearly exhausted, very drained. He was chilly. Gentle hypothermia.
"We bought him on to the helicopter, he was simply so drained and hypothermic and nauseous, so it was tough for us to speak with him as soon as we bought him on the helicopter."