Two Newport Beach fishermen rescued a Royal Caribbean employee who was treading water nearly 20 miles off the Southern California coast. Sean Norton and Grant Garrett were returning from a marlin-fishing trip near Catalina Island on Friday when their boat captain spotted the man. They pulled in their fishing lines, grabbed him by the arms and lifted him aboard. The rescued man was in shock and said he thought he was going to die. After regaining his composure, he told the fishermen he was a pianist aboard Royal Caribbean’s 14-deck Ovation of the Seas.
The crew issued an emergency maritime call, and Newport Beach lifeguards responded. Authorities believe the man may have gone overboard about nine hours before he was found; the fishermen estimated he had been in the water for roughly 10 hours. He was hospitalized and is expected to survive. Norton said unusually warm water, around 76 degrees, may have helped save him, adding that he might not have survived under different conditions. The employee has not been publicly identified. The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating how he went overboard, while Royal Caribbean said it is supporting him and declined to share further details out of respect for his privacy.
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