Two fishermen rescued a cruise ship pianist who fell overboard off California last week. As BBC News and CBS News report, the man was found treading water around 20 miles (32km) off the California coast after spending some nine hours in the water.
The two fishermen, Grant Garrett and Sean Norton, discovered the Royal Caribbean employee near Catalina Island on Friday.
"I'm like, 'Yeah, it's a human being. Stop the boat; let's get all of our lines in,'" Garrett was quoted as saying, recalling the moment they spotted the man in the water.
The man, who has not yet been identified, was taken to hospital in a stable condition. The US Coast Guard told the BBC it was investigating. The fishermen said the man identified himself as a pianist aboard the 14-deck cruise ship Ovation of the Seas.
"The only thing he said to me was, 'Thank you. I thought I was gonna die,'" Norton said.
The Coast Guard said in a statement that it had received a report from "a Good Samaritan who recovered a conscious individual from the water".
BBC News reported that the man was handed over to Newport Beach Lifeguards, who confirmed he was an employee of the Ovation of the Seas. Read the full report on BBC News.
