Suryaa International Desk: A musician working on the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Ovation of the Seas survived after falling into the Pacific Ocean. Officials identified that the man, who worked as a pianist on the vessel, fell into the water after midnight.
The individual remained in the ocean for approximately nine hours before being spotted by two local fishermen returning from a fishing trip about twenty miles off the coast of California. The fishermen pulled the man onto their boat. According to the rescuers, the man expressed that he had believed he would not survive.
Rescuers and weather experts suggest that the man’s survival was aided by warmer-than-usual ocean temperatures caused by the current El Nino weather pattern, noting that survival for such a duration would typically be impossible in the cold Pacific waters.
Following the rescue, the man was transported to a local hospital. Doctors have confirmed that his condition is stable and he is recovering. The United States Coast Guard has initiated an investigation into how the musician fell from the cruise ship.
