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Cruise Passenger Speaks Out About Surviving Fall Off Ship

Wow! I can't imagine what this man went through. He was treading water in the sea for 20 hours.

he Alabama man who went overboard on a Carnival cruise ship and survived by treading water for almost 20 hours is speaking out about his ordeal.

28-year-old James Michael Grimes says he doesn't remember much about what happened before he ended up in the water and fought to stay alive. He was one day into his vacation aboard the Carnival Valor with 18 of his family members. After winning an air guitar contest at a bar, he said he was going to the restroom and never returned. It wasn't until the next day when his sister reported him missing. 

In an interview with Good Morning America, Grimes says he doesn't recall how he fell overboard. He believes he was knocked unconscious and woke up when he was in the water alone at night with no ship in sight. He said, "I felt like I was given a chance right then... you're alive for a reason... that [fall] could've killed me, but I felt like from that moment on, I was trying to stay positive. And, you know when you're here, you're still alive for a reason. So, all you got to do now is swim and survive. I was hoping... they will start looking for me... they will find me eventually." Grimes managed to tread water and stay afloat for nearly 20 hours before the Coast Guard located him and pulled him out of the water. 

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