Cultuur · Offshore rescueNewport Beach sea rescue: Fishermen save Royal Caribbean crew memberUitgezonden 8 november 2026 om 19:20 UTCKijkenTranscript0:07Two fishermen pulled a cruise ship crew member from the ocean up to twenty miles0:11offshore.0:11The man reached a hospital, and the Coast Guard says he's expected to survive.0:15He'd been found treading water far from land.0:17Investigators still need to work out how he went overboard and how long he was in0:21the water.0:21Battalion Chief Adam Yacenda put the rescue roughly fifteen to twenty miles0:25offshore.0:25Two fishermen from Newport Beach, Sean Norton and Grant Garrett, helped lift the man0:29aboard their boat.0:30Norton and Garrett had spent Friday morning fishing for Marlin near Catalina Island.0:34They were returning home when their boat's captain spotted the man.0:37Catalina was their fishing destination.0:39The rescue position hasn't been pinpointed publicly.0:42Garrett recognized that the object in the water was a person.0:45He urged the boat to stop and the fishing lines to be brought in.0:48By noon, the fishermen had pulled the man from the ocean.0:51Norton described how they brought him aboard.0:53He said, Grant and I each got an arm and lifted him up.0:56Norton recalled, he was in total shock.0:59That's how the rescuer described the man after the lift.1:07Norton remembered the man's words.1:09Thank you.1:10I thought I was gonna die.1:11The boat's crew made an emergency maritime call, and Newport Beach lifeguards1:15responded to help.1:16Officials believe he may have gone overboard about nine hours before he was found.1:19Norton separately estimated probably ten hours in the water.1:22Both figures are estimates.1:24The exact length of his ordeal is still unclear.1:27Norton also said the water was seventy, six degrees Fahrenheit.1:30He believed its warmth had helped the man survive.1:32That was the rescuer's observation and explanation.1:35Doctors haven't publicly explained what helped him stay alive.1:38The man told Garrett he worked as a pianist aboard Royal Caribbean's ovation of the1:42Seas, a fourteen deck cruise ship.1:44His job and ship assignment come from what he told his rescuers.1:47His name hasn't been made public.1:49Royal Caribbean acknowledged that the rescued man was one of its crew.1:52The company said it was providing support and assistance, and declined to share more1:56details to protect his privacy.1:58The fisherman got him out of the ocean and into emergency care.2:01The Coast Guard is investigating how he went overboard.2:04Investigators haven't explained what put him in the water.Tijdlijn van het verhaalHeyDex
