The man who fell off a Carnival ocean liner and treaded water for 20 hours before being rescued literally swam with sharks and miraculously lived, but there’s one big question: how many drinks did this guy have before he fell overboard?!
EXCLUSIVE: James Michael Grimes said he treaded water for nearly 20 hours after falling overboard overboard on a Carnival cruise ship on Thanksgiving Eve — battling jelly fish, rip currents and shark-infested waters before being airlifted by the U.S. Coast Guard.
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On Friday’s “GMA,” James Michael Grimes had a very entertaining chat in which he talked about what happened last week in the Gulf of Mexico.
He admits that he had been drinking the day he fell, but he can’t remember how much. He remembers drinking a few and winning one in an air guitar contest.
The 28-year-old told a family member he was going to the bathroom, and that was the last time anyone saw him. He can’t remember going to the bathroom, falling off the ship, or hitting the water.
First, he remembers that he was in the ocean and couldn’t see a boat. After he fell, he was so tired that he fell asleep in the water. Unreal!
James was treading water in an area where sharks like to eat, and it looks like he ran into at least one of them. You have to watch the video to find out how he got through that.
When he finally saw a freighter, he swam toward it with what little strength he had left. When a Coast Guard helicopter pulled him out of the water, he told one of the military guys right away that he was naked.
This guy gets the award for the most entertaining person of the year and the most amazing story of survival.
