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Cruise passenger who fell overboard recalls experience

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James Michael Grimes, 28, from Lafayette, Alabama, was with 18 relatives on a Carnival cruise to Cozumel, Mexico, when some how he ended up overboard. He spent nearly 20 hours alone, treading water in the Gulf of Mexico after falling off a cruise ship and being saved on Thanksgiving. Grimes said the experience will not discourage him from taking another cruise.

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Cruise passenger who fell overboard recalls experience

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — He spent nearly 20 hours alone, treading water in the Gulf of Mexico after falling off a cruise ship and being saved on Thanksgiving. James Michael

1 year ago·United States

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Cruise passenger who fell overboard recalls experience

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — He spent nearly 20 hours alone, treading water in the Gulf of Mexico after falling off a cruise ship and being saved on Thanksgiving. On Friday, James Michael Grimes said the experience has taught him to not take life for granted. Grimes told ABC News’ Good Morning America that his worst fear is drowning but he never accepted that that was going to be how his life ended. The 28-year-old from Lafayette, Alabama said he ate what…

1 year ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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Cruise passenger who fell overboard recalls experience

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1 year ago·Winnipeg, Canada

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Toronto Sun

'THE LORD WAS WITH ME': Cruise passenger who fell overboard, spending close to 20 hours at sea describes ordeal

He spent nearly 20 hours alone, treading water in the Gulf of Mexico after falling off a cruise ship and being saved on Thanksgiving.

1 year ago·Toronto, Canada

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Cruise passenger who fell overboard recalls experience

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — He spent nearly 20 hours alone, treading water in the Gulf of Mexico after falling off a cruise ship and being saved on Thanksgiving. James Michael Grimes spoke about the experience Friday, saying it has taught him to not take life for granted. “My worst fear is drowning and that was something I did not want to have to face,” Grimes told ABC News’ Good Morning America. “I wanted to see my family again. I was dead set on making…

1 year ago·Tacoma, United States

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