Cruise passenger rescued after 15 hours in the sea

A rider who went missing from a cruise vessel successful the Gulf of Mexico has been rescued aft much than 15 hours successful the sea, the US Coastguard says.

The 28-year-old antheral had been astatine a barroom connected the Carnival Valor vessel with his sister connected Wednesday nighttime but did not instrumentality aft leaving to usage the toilet.

Several rescue crews scoured the country and the antheral was yet spotted connected Thursday evening, immoderate 20 miles (30km) disconnected the seashore of Louisiana.

He is said to beryllium successful unchangeable condition.

Lieutenant Seth Gross of the US Coast Guard said the antheral could person been successful the h2o for much than 15 hours - the "absolute longest that I've heard astir - and conscionable 1 of those Thanksgiving miracles".

Gross told CNN that the lawsuit was dissimilar thing helium had seen successful his 17-year vocation and that the blessed result "shows the volition to unrecorded is thing that you request to relationship for successful each search-and-rescue case".

It is unclear however the antheral came to plunge into the water.

In 2018, a 46-year-old British pistillate was rescued 10 hours aft falling into the Adriatic Sea from her cruise ship.

At the time, she was reported to person told 1 rescuer it had helped that she was acceptable from doing yoga and that she sang to halt her feeling acold overnight.