Man who fell off cruise ship swam with sharks in rip currents for 20 hours

Lucky to be alive: James Michael Grimes battled shark-infested waters, rip currents and jelly fish for 20 hours before being airlifted by the U.S. Coast Guard after he fell overboard on a Carnival cruise ship.
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[@NSwhoa]

“Were you drunk?” “No. But I was in an air guitar contest”

[@89kylestyle]

Drunk air guitar contest

[@lebavu8260]

For real Lmao

[@DangerousParent]

He was pickled from liquor, that's why whatever nibbled at his foot didn't eat him🦈

[@ilovephotography1254]

Just fess up, you were inebriated🍸🤪🍹🥴🍻😵‍💫🥃😵🐟🐠

[@DangerousParent]

@@ilovephotography1254 "Inebrated"😆Try plastered, snockered, three sheets into the wind, and if you know old-school, high as Cootie Brown🥴

[@vivalabad6]

Pretty sure he was wasted but regardless, 20 hours treading water!? This dude is a legend!

[@vinceocratic]

You have to be ripped off your ass to fall off a ship.

[@eveoakley6270]

My thoughts exactly. He was probably intoxicated. I live on the coast which is surrounded by high, treacherous limestone cliffs. A lot of young people have fallen from these cliffs. Apart from the poor unfortunate suicide victims who have driven off in their cars, almost in all cases they were intoxicated.

[@danielwymer1580]

He is lying, he was drunk as a motherfucker

[@ladimirpootin6427]

Dead set, I struggle in knee deep water when Ive had a dozen beers 😂 that would be the scary as and feel like forever!

[@x13xmonkey]

This dude is an idiot

[@BrianKim-ih4qh]

only thing stronger than his will to live is his will not to admit he was wasted 😂

[@keivalenti2263]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@user-jh8uf4u666]

If he was wasted and inebriated, HOW was he able to survive in the water for many hours??

[@WildsDreams45]

Me and my friends used to get hammered and go surfing all the time. Some people can be falling down drunk, but swim like you wouldn't believe.

[@susan7204]

​@@user-jh8uf4u666When you drink alcohol, it warms you up. Like in the Titanic. The ones that drank a lot were the ones that lived because their bodies were warmer. 😄

[@Lovewins99]

Hahahahhaahahaa yes!!!!!!

[@Hugo4104]

Homeboy was absolutely hammered

[@erics.4113]

Slammered

[@DanHill-wk6vo]

🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨

[@mananimal3644]

Hugo, Wasted and swam for 20 hours. Who the hell can claim that.

[@iceman1272]

Yeah and I’m sure he quickly sobered up between the ship and the water.

[@iceman1272]

It was the Angel Wilson that watched over him 😇 🏐

[@mothership1849]

I burst out laugh g when he said “ I would go in another cruise, because I really didn’t go in this one.” Legend!

[@jeffreyzie]

Had me weak 😂 dude is unintentionally funny lol

[@mariarohmer2374]

No, don't sully the true legends by calling this dweeb one.

[@vitoriasisse1309]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@stikkee_blikkeee7855]

Same😂 burst out laughing

[@niyanyc3242]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@fin_jan]

He wasn't passed out. He was blacked out. You function fully, but with no regard for consequences, and no memory of what you did. Blacked out is scary as hell, when you think about it later.

[@Jasoncrim]

100%

[@MGE9436]

Transient global amnesia

[@jacobuszwanenburg1629]

Trauma causes memory loss too ….. built in safety device humans have.

[@lizzlebizzle5003]

You can never get the memories back from being blacked out either. It doesn’t matter how hard you try. My psychologist once likened it to being knocked out in a boxing match, in the sense of how much damage you do to your brain. I honestly shouldn’t be alive. But anyway, this guy was blacked out drunk no doubt and that’s actually probably what saved his life. He’s embarrassed and doesn’t want to admit it to the world. But we know. And he’s lucky.

[@GameChanger597]

I don't think he's embarrassed and doesn't want to admit it to the world, I think he drank way more than he should have but was still functioning so in his mind, he didn't make the connection that he wasn't actually functioning.

[@portlandreviewer6582]

This guy has such a great attitude, which is probably what saved him.

[@psychobobby5174]

@@whatevermakesyou9773Probably because he made thousands of workers job harder by being a drunk and deliberately jumping off a ship.

[@platinum9898]

God saved this man.

[@skyhunter2816]

​@@platinum9898Guess even God makes mistakes.

[@skyhunter2816]

He's a lying douchebag, so no.

[@adamchapman3358]

No wonder he survived, the man was chewing on a floating piece of bamboo and enjoying it. He is a certified beaver.

[@terrenceduarte5348]

😂😂

[@brandenmoore-dq1kx]

I'm phukken ded 😂😂😂😂

[@countdankula420_]

This should have gotten a million thumbs up

[@firemonkey1015]

Only around 25% of people survive after falling off a cruise ship. It’s pretty tragic, this man is a warrior.

[@robyndiewithcj]

@andy3739 please, get a life

[@matthewmorrell5571]

28%

[@Darren-yu6hf]

@andy3739 Quit advertising your grandson on the internet.

[@alisonhilll4317]

20 hours , he's a hero well done mate well done 👏

[@lisachuck999]

Not just tragic but also really inane.

[@snootdingo9365]

This dude had a strong will to live

[@blad89s65]

But don’t remember how he ended up there 😭😂he remembers probably too embarrassed to say

[@musclerussell8109]

You can't tell that he's a liar. He did it for attention. He had a floating device and ditched it the last second and it sank. Don't be deceived

[@thegood9]

@@blad89s65 Bingo.

[@thegood9]

@@musclerussell8109 A floating device sank? WTH?

[@sidneyhill7064]

​@@musclerussell8109 why you say that because he said the Lord held him up

[@SmokeJuly]

Love the way his lawyer was clearly in the room telling him not to answer certain questions.

[@user-rf2tc2tf6h]

He experienced divine help and miraculous rescue.

[@kayjuanaDaGoddess]

Amen ❤

[@micadean1600]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@danielgoudge8465]

No doubt God is great

[@HyperGnar]

Hats off to the coastguard for not giving up and full on searching for more than 20 hours! This guy is beyond lucky and God was with him!

[@BAR55825]

Amen and Amen, Definitely it was God who was with him!

[@chriskessell4579]

That must have been terrifying lucky guy .

[@rzn2258]

Obviously.. God wasn't. If he was.. I doubt God would have put him in situation to begin with. But then again.. maybe you are right. Maybe God is an A§§h0le

[@danielebrparish4271]

No one knew he was missing for most of that time. They didn't say how long they searched before he was found but it wasn't anywhere near 20 hours.

[@VoVina111]

They started searching the next day, I think they said 12 hours after he'd gone missing

[@IAmMrQ]

He went from Air Guitar champion to Water survival champion in less than 48 hours. Unbelievable story nonetheless

[@ahill4642]

Yep, it needs to be a movie. Unfortunately I picture Will Ferrell being cast.

[@solh8844]

😂

[@PascualDesolo-nv3vr]

Ha ha ha 😂🤮😎

[@YourGrace_06]

😂😂😂 Omg I start laughing so hard

[@DemolitionManz]

He’s gona be homeless champion in the next 6 months then Fentanyl champion in another 6 after that.

[@TalkingBallCards]

“I only had a few drinks…” “How many? I cannot recall…” 😂😂😂

[@user-oh1qg5tn8l]

lol dude was completely blitzed. But thankfully still alive. Absolutely savage to last 20 hours in the ocean

[@truthtold9084]

This guy seems like a nice person but he doesn’t want to admit he did something stupid. He remembers exactly what he did, I bet when he hit the water he sobered up quick. 🤣😂

[@JesusHernandez-wx8of]

😂😂😂

[@syntaxerorr]

Seems like a nice person? He is blatantly lying in front of millions of people.

[@truthtold9084]

He’s not the only person to do so.

[@Tismesue]

@@truthtold9084 There's murderers and not the only murderers to do so... doesn't make them nice people just because they're not the only ones.

[@anonone8954]

@@syntaxerorr what's he lieing about?

[@FrankMatthews001]

You know you drunk when you fall off a cruise and you yourself didn’t know you fell off a cruise ship till you woke up in the ocean

[@BTomtheMetsDevsGuy]

Nah man he said he wasn’t drunk lol

[@pablobeast1]

He was still slurring in the interview 🤣

[@SubzeroCage]

@@pablobeast1 lol the little pause when she asked if he had a few drinks. Sounded like he didn't want to talk about that part.

[@pablobeast1]

@@SubzeroCage 🤣🤣🤣

[@davidwilliams7552]

He wSn't drunk he just forgot how much he drank 🤣

[@tylerjacobsen819]

“Stick come floatin by, looked like bamboo” love his delivery on that 🤣🤣

[@mstunameow]

"I started eatin on it"

[@cammycubtv1992]

Bro sounds like lil Wayne on paper 😂

[@HeyhitmeBAM]

@@cammycubtv1992sounds like Ronnie Coleman lol

[@Insomniac4791]

I genuinely thought he said steak at first, wondered what I was misisng

[@Featherfunflower]

Im crying😂

[@PineappleStocks]

I’ll go on another cruise…”cause I didn’t really get to go on this one” … LEGEND 😂

[@ericpadilla2454]

Guy treating the interview like its his first time at an AA meeting.

[@Psychiatricnerd]

Honestly 😂 I’m convinced his chill demeanor saved him.

[@larone29ray15]

😂

[@billyyfire]

@@Psychiatricnerd underrated comment

[@przybyla420]

He might have been there earlier in the day lol

[@bobdole3251]

Lol he ain’t admitting to being drunk he wants his settlement 😅

[@wrenandrews3782]

Exactly

[@dominoes127]

They’ll just check the bar footage, he won’t get much of anything.

[@timg8257]

or he hit his head on the water when he fell and got a concussion

[@tracypayne2026]

@@dominoes127 That and his sea card keeps track of every drink he buys

[@vincentsuarez2523]

Doesn't matter if he is drunk. The cruise has the liability to keep its passengers safe. Unless they have footage of him running and throwing himself into the ocean, this man will get paid considerably. Railings should be high enough to prevent people tipping over into the ocean. That includes drunks. Which are expected to be aboard since they are serving alcohol. Furthermore, they have the liability to stop serving him alcohol if he appears intoxicated. Another legitimate argument that could be made in court is they continued to serve him which led to his fall. Big money coming his way.

[@tangocash28]

5:53- "I definitely would be open to go on another cruise, because I really didn't get to go on this on." 😂😂

[@dorthymcbride3384]

Heros in the COAST GUARD! Thank you!!❤

[@gabesmith9171]

Q: Did you have a few drinks? A: I won an air guitar contest

[@stephanie-atarahrose.8149]

All you need to know . Lol . Right on topic.

[@riquellanos]

😂😂😂

[@ninacee9140]

But I was not drunk. Though I can't remember how many drinks I had or how I fell. But I was not drunk. But I did win an air guitar contest. Yep.

[@MS-tc2fs]

He had a few drinks before the interview 😂

[@aliceinwonderland887]

How does a person pass out in the water and still float? Does not sound right at all.

[@trudyramgren8817]

He was intoxicated. It's a miracle he didn't drown. He's blessed! ❤

[@2147B]

Adrenaline will sober you up from almost all drugs. Fall off a cruise ship in to the ocean, see boat moving away. Pure human adrenaline dump, instant sobriety.

[@gricius]

it's perseverence. The guy deserves the credit for wanting to live

[@Leoyoutube95]

Or be eaten

[@joseph-mariopelerin7028]

Beside... I fall in there sober, no way I'll survive that!

[@user-xj5xp6qz5g]

something tells me god was trying to remove this dolt from the gene pool

[@alanab6634]

20 hours treading water is absolutely amazing!

[@skippywinters]

Everyone bashing on this dude, he’s an absolut legend.

[@Orlando_Steve]

I see what you did there.

[@BlackFaithProduction]

@@Orlando_StevePlease explain in Fortnite terms.

[@Orlando_Steve]

@@BlackFaithProduction Sorry I don't play vidya games.

[@ijustwanadie_453]

💀 "absolut"

[@algomes2060]

It’s amazing how much strength you have when your life is dangling right in front of your eyes

[@fidelcatsro6948]

every carb fat and protein in your body turns into glucose to fuel the fight or flight mode sympathethic nervous system supercharged engines in your body🐱👍🏿

[@relaxhealradio8636]

@@fidelcatsro6948I’ll take a spare cat.

[@kisigma1011]

​​@@fidelcatsro6948 What 😂😂😂😂😂! U made it sound like he holding a ninja H2RR engine at that point

[@fidelcatsro6948]

@@kisigma1011 Our bodies are much much much more advanced than any Kawasaki Supercharged engine anytime!

[@RYANINQUIETI]

Sink or swim

[@IZRElLO747]

20 hours is a very long time to be in shark and jelly fish infested waters after falling off a Carnival Cruise ship, it was a true miracle, thank God and that Tanker for saving his life

[@yelloblitz01]

I can only imagine that dude probably smelt like straight alcohol in the ocean which probably saved his life

[@presspound7358]

@@yelloblitz01That’s a good one 👍

[@jdepaz5933]

@@yelloblitz01lol the sharks were like drunk sweaty mountain man flavored snack? No thanks!

[@geovanniebellorin3795]

⁠@@jdepaz5933😂😂😂

[@yelloblitz01]

@@jdepaz5933 😂 that’s exactly what happened

[@gratefulhank]

Won me a free drink in the air guitar contest .. yes ma'am 😁.

[@PeaceIsYeshua]

He is adorable! I’m so glad he’s okay and so happy for his family too. What a happy ending!! 🙏🏻

[@bigbassjonz]

"You didnt have a ton of drinks?" Hard look left and a "no mam".

[@Thomas-fk3cw]

Checked with lawyer, then answered.

[@wyattflp6163]

Lmao

[@Meilk27]

noticed it too

[@bossywossy111]

Funny thing is a hard look left means he's telling the truth. We look right to access creative brain centres aka why we need to lie, and we look leftfir non creative memory recall aka recalling facts. Or so bl experts say.

[@Jkfrasier1980]

@@bossywossy111I have always heard when you look left. But idk

[@ra-ge]

This is some crazy unbelievable stuff. To be in the middle of the dark abyss at night and something bumping my leg is enough for me to die immediately of a heart attack

[@elarchez0929]

You'd be surprised how quickly you'd adapt to situations, no matter how scary it may be. Give yourself more credit lol

[@yeseniareyes09]

😆

[@arleneportsmouth1263]

😅😂😅😂😅😂 THANK YOU !!! 😂😂😂 That was funny and I needed a good laugh. I was SERIOUSLY HAVING the SAME EXACT THOUGHTS ! 👏🏻🏆👏🏻

[@arleneportsmouth1263]

​@Nick-Hurr1990😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅 YEAH ME TOO !!!

[@lauras3612]

Extraordinary! How on earth was he found?

[@wallybates9079]

. I love this guy ….bout as soft spoken as they get. He is an air guitar legend in my book!

[@channel4change430]

this is such a beautiful and positive story.

[@freegamegriff7313]

Air guitar competition told me everything I needed to know

[@sjonmybestday]

lol!

[@JalomMatia]

and he already had drinks in the day, and the winner gets a free drink..

[@shawnsuave5694]

He must've won right?

[@JalomMatia]

@@shawnsuave5694 he said he did....lol

[@neeciiw7840]

😫🤣🤣

[@shanehardy8833]

Falling off a cruise boat I. The middle of the ocean for 20 hours with kicking sea creatures away to be saved by coast guard and then next morning put on a pair of jeans with a fortune cookie “ life is a beach, enjoy the waves” that’s crazy ! The whole story is crazy glad this man was able to dig deep and fight for his life .

[@DhumbleVibes]

That's some movie type thing and even so people will say it's too corny that it would never happen and there he was

[@rayromano6249]

You can tell this moron isn't too bright and still hasn't grasped what happened and how lucky he was

[@BarbaraWalters_]

@@DhumbleVibes i call BS. jk that fortune cookie really threw me off

[@SShaak-rk8yr]

His will to live was as strong as his will not to admit he was trashed!

[@Jedi391]

If your suing the company, you probably don’t want to admit you were drunk.

[@Mob-es9jm]

She was pressing the topic of his level of intoxication for a second 😂

[@microaggressions]

Probably at the behest of the cruise ship company and some money being passed under the table to cover their butts and make them feel better about what would happen if he changed his mind about a lawsuit or whatever, but that's just my speculation

[@pandaoverboard]

Snake 🐍

[@Rumplesti1tskin]

Why would the cruise ship company be in trouble for some dude falling off the boat?? Also, having been on a cruise a couple times: Everyone is drunk all the time. Well, the majority of people are. And this guy sure as hell was. C’mon. Don’t be naive.

[@Rob-gf3pb]

@@microaggressionsfirst thought

[@SureShotX81]

She's trying not to lol

[@TheSouthIsHot]

Regardless of how he wound up overboard, his survival is truly miraculous and inspiring. I'm glad you made it, James! I hope the best for you with a life well-lived with purpose and thankfulness.

[@abab-ml1ym]

Ur glad he made it....but what if he is a terrible abusive person and now his abuse can continue.. Still glad?

[@TheSouthIsHot]

@@abab-ml1ym I’m sorry your life has been difficult.

[@achhkay4229]

@@abab-ml1ym why do people always think the worst?!! You don't even know the guy? Humans need help

[@Catchyalater_Fishing_Co]

@@abab-ml1ym hey man... shut up😀👍

[@kevingp12]

​@@abab-ml1ymwhat if he's not though.., and mostly is true

[@livenfree]

Anyone drinking on a cruise ship should be issued non-removable life jacket! 😂 Security holds the key and removes it as you exit the ship.

[@la7427]

That'll be so many life jackets the boat won't even sink 😂

[@livenfree]

@@la7427 😂 good point!

[@countdankula420_]

Don’t care if he was plastered wasted… very happy he survived and one hell of an epic story. Those rescuers are awesome ❤️🏆🏆🏆

[@amethyste684]

Him finding a wrapper that said “life’s a beach enjoy the waves” in a pair of pants he was gonna take on the cruise is just insane😭

[@Grannyshiftit]

Hardly.

[@bradclooney69]

Fake

[@amethyste684]

@@bradclooney69 ive had oddly specific things like this happen to me i believe him. God works in mysterious ways.

[@sarka555]

I don't gamble at all but when I was younger I had a dream about gambling and woke up on a pair of dice before, things can get really weird.

[@user-ne9ck9yo4l]

​@@amethyste684Yes, he does!

[@dluchin1998]

For those who haven't figured it out, if he got drunk and decided to jump off he would have to pay for the rescue. That's why he "can't remember".

[@velonicatgmaildotcom]

Waste of space... uses the God Saved me, bull... it was wasted tax dollars rescuing seone who admits he'll do it again!

[@lionessprowess3581]

Thank you D. I'll bookmark your comment for whenever I decide to jump off a Cruise Ship

[@anonone8954]

Nobody can get anything over on you, you're way too smart. You're probably a millionaire and don't have to work.

[@gregoryhall2967]

Didn't think of that but it's 100% spot on! Hikers do the same thing when they get lost in the woods.

[@anonone8954]

@@gregoryhall2967 I don't remember lost hikers saying that I can't remember.

[@MindTheDrift]

I’ve had dates like this where she thinks I’m just a blissful idiot and just condescendingly humours me with questions figuring me out :)

[@jordansnell6849]

Well fuck em, bro

[@ADMBPR]

Hammerheads aren't known for cannibalism.

[@geech3013]

Underrated comment

[@reneaguirre9745]

Bro partied on the cruise and with the sharks. My guy knows how to party!!!

[@RealOne-gg8hn]

Yeah partying can ruin your life

[@spanishmontana6121]

😂😂😂

[@Sudstah]

Lmfao 😂😅😅😂

[@Elderly-Marian-in-UK]

I was rescued after a car crash, its the most wonderful feeling of relief to know your finally safe.

[@PCP1992]

Almost worth doing just for that feeling

[@snakeflowerchild1002]

@user-nc7cf4sp1rthey clearly didn’t mean it as saved. They meant safe.

[@DR.DisInfect]

I had really bad yummy ache one time

[@joepa6106]

Thank you to our coast gaurds men and women .. you are true heros .. as he put it gaurdian angels

[@Oldlegends618]

As a person who was drowning and had to save my own life and know he when through truama after ..bro you are your hero..❤

[@petergozinya6122]

When I first heard this on the news, my first question was: How can someone fall off a cruise ship ? After hearing him speak, I now understand.

[@TheDiverJim]

So people with a southern accent are somehow idiotic?

[@petergozinya6122]

@@TheDiverJim If the man was an idiot, he would not have been able to win an Air Guitar contest…..duh ! Btw……Did I miss the part where he explained how he ended up naked ?

[@DangerousParent]

@@petergozinya6122 "Idiot wouldn't have been able to win air guitar": LMAS🤣🤣🤣 His middle name is Jackass😆

[@gentlejerk]

@@petergozinya6122 if an idiot was going to win any contest in the entire world it would be an air guitar contest. Bar none.

[@Mila-er6ms]

@@petergozinya6122 😅😅😅🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bihlover80s33]

I love this guy. He is truly a fighter. I think that even sharks were afraid to approach him. Glad to see you alive and full of positive energy.

[@jaredoldhouser3301]

Truly stupid, how the fuck do you fall off a cruise ship?.......lmfao

[@DinaHanson-bh1mv]

Imagine surviving that being drunk and hungover

[@mycatsnameiskaren8253]

I've taken that exact same cruise on Carnival out of New Orleans and it really is a miracle this man survived! That man had his guardian angel's protecting him! What a story! God blessed you young man! Make sure you figure out what God has for your life. 🙏

[@kenosabi]

Those guardian angels should have blessed him with a frontal cortex.

[@rohipsalm2370]

That's easy. REPENT, STOP DRINKING AND FOLLOW AFTER JESUS. TRULY A MIRACLE OF GOD.

[@yarkylopez3635]

he is not alive, he died

[@Aoeror98]

Wow angels, gawds, what else are you going to assert?

[@gfelder63]

Tes, the angels carried him

[@joefrisbie485]

This don't just happen man, you were meant to live. Nobody could survive this and you did the impossible. There is a reason you are still here now go out and find it!

[@JoseGomez-cj1tq]

Amen! There's a reason he's still alive!

[@thetruepatriot7733]

Actually...people do survive this. About 25% of people who fall off cruise ships survive... so your statement "nobody could survive" is incorrect.

[@danielletracyann]

@@thetruepatriot773325 percent is still very little. Not “nobody” but still little chance

[@XLORDXPAINX]

Lol but how many of those 25% survivors were in the water for 20+ hours? Think logically dumbo.

[@truthvikingborz1599]

​@@JoseGomez-cj1tqluck thats what he have ,like eurojackpot only a few wins

[@rayelee1301]

She came in with 1 question and wouldnt let it go

[@skyhunter2816]

He honestly doesn't deserve to have survived this just because of sheer stupidity. Not to mention he's just flat out lying here.

[@mikek2337]

How do you pass out in the water and not drown? He definitely had some kind of divine intervention.

[@jamesqryan]

Happens alot..

[@BAR55825]

He had God absolutely!!

[@Nebo888]

It’s called a “dead man’s” float. It’s taught in all water survival classes whether military or paramilitary. You lie on your stomach or back and relax and just float. Of course doing it on your stomach you’re not sleeping but conserving energy. When it’s not your time it’s not your time.

[@reneluna5340]

Yep those sharks were angels in disguise

[@VoVina111]

Amen an angel held him up! 😇

[@ahill4642]

Dude’s kind of adorable. Polite and humble and grateful. I’m really glad he’s okay. ☺️

[@WillThomas-hs3oj]

Gay?

[@ahill4642]

@@WillThomas-hs3oj Female. But does it matter?

[@WillThomas-hs3oj]

@@ahill4642 lol,.big difference between a female and male saying what u just said LOL

[@WillThomas-hs3oj]

@@ahill4642 if I said that about him, woudnt It sound weird asf? Lol

[@ahill4642]

@@WillThomas-hs3oj Not weird to me. Seems sad that you think calling someone of the same sex adorable automatically sounds like they’re gay. Boomer?

[@joshisdriven]

I needed this. I laughed really hard several times… glad he made it that’s crazy!

[@a.m.215]

Amazing! Glad you are safe! You will appreciate your life much more now, even all the problems iyou may face in life

[@adrianmondragon7096]

Dude this guy is hilarious I’m so glad he’s alive he’s so calm talking about like it’s something everyone goes through 😂

[@jonmcb168]

yeah you alcoholics make me laugh

[@i.ehrenfest349]

He’s no drama queen now, is he

[@mulletover3832]

He will never admit that he was doing a Kate Winslet impression from Titanic.

[@Jake_4x4andcooks]

After the air guitar competition, you know he was feeling good and attempted the impression. 😂

[@thetruth305]

Nobody falls off a cruise ship unless doing something stupid like climbing or seating on the railings

[@SubwayBrat]

😂😂 ahah imagine

[@LiLgPnoy15]

I'll never let go Jack

[@That_guy333]

He would rather drown than admit that

[@CB-lv1ws]

I’m glad he’s okay wow!

[@mpat100]

Blessings and good luck for James Michael

[@kevintyrrell7409]

His story about how he got into the water is clearly something his lawyers rehearsed. If he actually told the truth then he would be screwed in a legal sense.

[@Mac-xo2zj]

You don't accidently fall off a cruise ship

[@s4dreamland671]

Sounds fishy ..the whole thing wreaks of alcohol and shrooms. And unless he's in the Dead Sea there's no way he would last that many hours without staying calm and floating on his back, not flailing around and spending extra energy...Well the only reasonable explanation is divine intervention. Save that one dude in the Ocean..😇

[@phrewilly8556]

Agreed. I bet he grabbed a life preserver to take with him before he jumped. He also jumped when they were not too far out in a busy ship channel.

[@DangerousParent]

@@Mac-xo2zj It's not that you DON'T fall off a cruise ship, you CAN"T fall off a cruise ship, not without climbing UP and over the safety railing, he was three sheets into the wind and over the railing, and his middle name is Jackass🙄

[@DangerousParent]

@@s4dreamland671 "Alcohol and shrooms" Yep👍

[@rebecca-louise]

“Life’s a beach, enjoy the waves” Is sending me 😂😂😂🤣

[@ElonTusk2024]

thats the part he could have easily made up

[@CreativeProductions-]

@@ElonTusk2024?

[@kingzae8753]

@@ElonTusk2024There’s always that one guy ina comment sections

[@wolfpecker5710]

@@kingzae8753yep. They’re the same kind of people who think the world is flat and everything is fake 🤦‍♂️

[@wolfpecker5710]

Yeah that’s an absolutely insane fortune to find in your pants after the fact!! This guy was awesome though 🤣. “Would you ever go on another cruise?”, “yeah cause I don’t feel like I really got to go on the last one” 🤣🤣🤣💪

[@ccoop2416]

Thank God for the Coast Guard 🙏🫡👌✌️

[@i_dont_live_here]

“I couldn’t really say” 💀. Yeah, his attorney said admit no fault and we’ll win our case.

[@keluvnme]

If he doesn’t remember how many drinks he had, he was absolutely drunk! A person can remember 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 drink. He can’t recall. He’s so blessed to not have been attacked by any sharks and to have survived this whole ordeal.

[@smoke617]

Yeah because you know everyone’s ability don’t you.

[@Dhfhucudu]

@@smoke617Where did they say that?

[@Keaweahe]

Someone above said it was so he wouldn't have to pay for the rescue

[@Evilzionistbabykillers]

Unbelievable story,how he was spotted is nothing short of miraculous 😳

[@heidizuri]

The fact that he doesn’t know how to float and he still survived is pretty incredible.

[@bringiton5282]

That poor man, I cannot begin the imagine his predicament, definitely one of the scariest thing I've ever heard

[@WYLDXHORSE23]

"A stick came floatin by and I started on it". Legend

[@user-ps2nk7uk7c]

And then he caught a tuna and macked on it 🙄

[@ari7610]

“I ain’t gon say it tasted good but it gave me a lil bit of flavor”

[@lmc2375]

Sounded like "steak." Lol.

[@Allfaxnocaps]

4 hours in and he’s already eating bamboo

[@kevinparker2409]

Bamboo steak? ​@@lmc2375

[@theotheleo6830]

He's extremely lucky, but cruise lines should ban him from any future trips. If he gets so inebriated that he falls overboard, he's a risk not worth taking.

[@thomasreed3210]

But what are the odds that one guys falls of two cruise ships

[@drunkenmmamaster419]

@thomasreed3210 judging by this interview this guy isn't very bright 🤣 I wouldn't put it past him falling off another cruise ship

[@hamacaboy]

Wow this is truly inspirational❤❤

[@channel4change430]

You really did give me hope

[@joegee1001]

This guy was drunk during this interview he must of been hammered when he fell off 😂

[@tommyriam8320]

'..must _have_ been..'

[@treasure2behold282]

This story is unbelievable and a true miracle.

[@wholeshebang1]

No, it's not.

[@okcluvable]

​@wholeshebang1 of course you would say that.

[@DisobeyZOG]

It’s fake

[@abab-ml1ym]

Cant believe a man can fall off a boat and get saved?...awkward

[@DisobeyZOG]

@@abab-ml1ym ?

[@prosantapaul1698]

He saved himself. Talk about inner strength and bravery.

[@jessehoffman2607]

Thats insane, the ocean isnt the same as swimming in a pool or lake the ocean will truly hunble anyone. This is completely remarkable

[@doncourtreporter]

I admire your spirit. If you can tread water for 20 hours, you are very strong, I learned the dead man's float" in the Marine Corps, which is totally restful and requires no effort. Bravo, young man.

[@dreamcatcher5502]

Can you describe the dead man's float ?

[@chrisrodd1447]

@@dreamcatcher5502 when your tired from swimming you lay on your back to regain strength and just float and continue when your ready

[@sonneversets3530]

Be sure he was floating...A Lot. Even if he never had successfully before, I’m sure he had to try. And watching TV, or others in the past, doing it, he had examples to go by. Salt water also keeps you more buoyant. Ppl commenting here who are rescuers, etc, are saying he must have been floating part of the time. Which I was thinking, regardless. I’m not a big time swimmer, myself...or floater. But you can bet if I was out in open water, I’d certainly be putting that to the test! And being on the coast, the bay here def is easier to tread water in, than the lakes. I prefer swimming in the lake, however. Walking & wading, the ocean.

[@doncourtreporter]

@@dreamcatcher5502 Yeah. In the water vertically, like standing, take a deep breath and just hang your head forward, down in the water so that now only the back of your head is above water. Rest and hang there for ten seconds, rest. Then start to release air slowly while you spread your legs into a small step forward position, while you slide your arms up beside your body. Then slowly put arms out to the side so that now your body is in a T shape while legs spread like walking. When all your air is out you kick legs to push up your body while you lift your head and breathe while you use your arms to push down while you fill up your lungs. Then hang free again and rest with face underwater again and think of something else. Repeat for one hour for Red Cross Water Safety Instructor. Peace.

[@GrabbaBeer]

Not always. Some people have more body fat to muscle ratio and don’t have to tread at all. When I use to lifeguard we had this fat girl lifeguard. She was so buoyant she could barely swim under water. It was wild.

[@benjaminsmith4519]

Her questioning sounds like she is trying to protect the cruise ship company

[@TwampGod]

Protect them from what? The guy was wasted and fell off the cruise ship. Why should they be liable for any of that

[@trustno1167]

​@TwampGod common sense and personal responsibility has never been a lawyers strong suit. Remember the guy that dropped the grandkid out the cruise window,they tried suing.

[@tjr4459]

Silly comment, the cruise ship is in no way liable for his actions. It takes a lot of effort to fall off a cruise ship, the railing is chest high. This guy was drunk.

[@Studawg30]

How so? You can’t just make a statement like that without backing it up. It’s worth mentioning that if I were to leave a bar wasted and killed someone while I was driving home, I wouldn’t be the only one receiving charges.

[@Studawg30]

⁠@@trustno1167that’s not the same thing at all. Of course they are going to blame it on someone else. I’m sure it’s hard to accept that your dad killed your baby. What if he was using the bathroom and accidentally flushed while still sitting on the toilet? I bet he shot out of the ship like a torpedo and was miles away when he starting slowing down

[@FraserAtSea]

20 hours is absolutely remarkable - what a miracle!

[@donc4563]

This guy took being an air guitar champion to an all new sea level

[@marthamartha3222]

I'm so happy he got rescued ☺️

[@rickmerritt128]

He rescued himself.

[@givemeahandle]

@@rickmerritt128 he did? He called the helicopter rescue team that picked him up and he owned the helicopter? Huh, they should tell us that in the news when reporting it

[@abab-ml1ym]

Why?...do u know if hes a serial murderer or not?

[@abab-ml1ym]

@@rickmerritt128 no..... Wake up the coast guard did.. U just saw the story and still got it wrong...whats wrong with kids these days and reallity.. Its like they are allergic to facts.

[@eenchantress5113]

@@abab-ml1ym ok boomer

[@ariloves10]

Nobody falls overboard. He was in an air guitar contest. He won. Other contestant drunk and resentful. Follows him and pushes him over. He survives. Are there cameras to show what really happened?

[@micheleallen1402]

Now this made me really laugh outloud

[@WordsfromtheBible]

😂😂😂

[@ombaomba9287]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@angelah.3402]

😂 i literally laughed out loud

[@wolfpecker5710]

Hahahahaha these are the real truths I’m looking for 🤣🤣🤣

[@robertlaabs5066]

Thankful for the Rescuers!!!! Great Job Guys!!!!!

[@jtpalooki7757]

Now they have someone to send the bill to!… or does anyone think massive searches are free! Especially when it involves reckless behavior!

[@Akuma-jx8dr]

There is a reason for this man being still alive. This is nothing less than divine intervention

[@feliciajenkins5041]

Dude is strong and strong willed. Glad he survived 💞.

[@abab-ml1ym]

Ur glad a stranger survived without knowing the content of his character. He could have been trying to hurt or abuse someone and got thrown off or slipped off in a struggle trying to hurt someone. And u dont know if hes an evil sinner who will now harm more people.....but ur glad...

[@Faithistheanswer]

Did you not hear him say God was with him. He’s a believer and his faith got him through this event .

[@brandsenzalanka2299]

@@abab-ml1ymwhat ??

[@randotuber]

​@@abab-ml1ymStop spamming this around idiot.

[@LAMB53087]

I'm glad he is OK. But, I cannot comprehend how a person can just end up overboard.

[@austinmiranda8028]

Sounds like he was pretty drunk

[@lchurch1]

@RamenChef Are you nuts? This is the perfect account of someone who blacked out. Can't say how many he had. Remembered events early in the night. Doesn't remember going to the bathroom or falling off the ship. Blackout drunk. He wasn't "passed out" in the water, he simply doesn't remember the early minutes/hours of being in the water.

[@lchurch1]

@RamenChef yeah he's lying. he then goes onto say he can't say how many drinks he had after perfectly describing what it's like to black out.

[@valentealejandre7941]

He looks like he was lying and trying to come up with what to say but yeah he's forsure one of the few dumbasses that jump over board

[@mikehorn2635]

@@lchurch1 o good, I’m glad he said he wasn’t drunk. You know who also says they aren’t drunk? People driving after they kill a family or that drive the wrong way on freeways. Also the same people who get caught driving drunk also say they haven’t drank for hours yet still blow 2 times the legal limit. Ya probably wasn’t drunk though.

[@tula1433]

He’s adorable. Glad he’s okay. And for everyone questioning and blaming him, it was probably his fault, but you’d have way more empathy if he was a woman. Be kind. Men need it too. ❤

[@300Walk]

Does not get much more main character than this

[@cameronszn9]

To survive as a skilled swimmer for 20 hours is almost impossible, this is a true miracle as an amateur to survive that long

[@ptturboe5792]

Anyone can float in salt water.

[@cameronszn9]

@@ptturboe5792 🤡🤡🤡

[@MYK-jd6uz]

@@ptturboe5792 That's Actually not true. Even the biggest ships ever made find a way to sink all the time. You know how big the waves get in deep ocean? You have to tread water to remain above and with the current. Ya'll just get on here and say anything just to have some input

[@MIFROMDA2]

@@MYK-jd6uzit’s so easy to float on my back, just take breaks in between and go back to swimming. 20 hours is long though but possible

[@errin-mp1zy]

@@MIFROMDA2 Me too, can float for ages on my back. My husband use to sink like a brick and said I floated because of my personal Mae Wests

[@iTsTHumpa]

This dude swam for 20 hours, after already being up most like another 15 hours prior to that. Insane. I wouldn’t have made it

[@stevemorlock5366]

Then you have the kid who jumped off the boat in the Bahamas and was taken by sharks in 20 seconds.

[@Flury94]

@@stevemorlock5366exactly what I was thinking of.

[@DomDaddyDonald]

Swam for 20 hours after 20 beers

[@rugaa372]

While being drunk

[@utubercouchvegetable2172]

That fortune cookie note is wild

[@dlvox5222]

As a helicopter SAR swimmer one of the first things they taught us is how to conserve energy by floating, treading water and drown proofing. It’s difficult without being hammered.

[@jvincemusic]

Being hammered makes it less difficult? 🤣

[@babybecz]

​@@jvincemusicno they're saying it hard to do sober so it's probably way harder to do if you're drunk.

[@anthonyrobino145]

@@jvincemusicL comprehension

[@user-wm2xi2cn8s]

@@jvincemusicYep, it relaxes your body and mind

[@oxthegentlemangentleman4100]

20 hours is impossible to tread water for that long. God was definitely with This man. God bless him

[@smoke617]

Nah it was Santa Claus and the Easter bunny teamed up with Aquaman to save him. Flipper and lassie went and got help from the cost guard. It was a fairly tail group effort. But the tooth fairy was a little jelly she missed out.

[@ttjjj2609]

@@smoke617your miserable 😂

[@Gods-Ambassador]

That’s right brother

[@Gods-Ambassador]

@@smoke617sounds like someone who really believes in God but has a beef with Him. Attacking your fellow man won’t help. Father bless this man. I bind bitterness and loosen Your goodness on his life in Jesus name Amen

[@Amsterdamcity]

its imposible bro 20 hours afther 3/4 uur you cant swim more lets say 10 hours but more is impossible to swim its fake