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28-year-old James Michael Grimes fell off a Carnival ocean liner and treaded water for 20 hours.
He was eventually rescued after swimming with sharks and miraculously survived. WATCH:
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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Grimes admitted that he had been drinking heavily the day of the fall. He can’t remember how much he had.
He reportedly told a family member he was going to the bathroom, but he doesn’t remember falling off the ship or hitting the water.
He remembers winning a drink earlier in the day during an air guitar contest.
Grimes says he warned the Coast Guard helicopter that lifted him out of the water that he was naked.
From TMZ:
James Michael Grimes had an amazingly entertaining chitchat Friday on ‘GMA,’ where he described the harrowing experience last week in the Gulf of Mexico.
The first thing he recalls is that he was in the ocean with no boat in sight. He was actually passed out in the water after the fall.
James was treading water in an area known as a feeding ground for sharks, and it appears he encountered at least one. You gotta watch the video and hear how he survived that.
Eventually, he saw a freighter and swam with the little energy had left … heading toward the vessel.
