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What kept a cruise ship pianist alive after falling into the Pacific?
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Two fishermen from Newport Beach were heading home near Catalina Island when they spotted a man floating far from land.
Newport Beach and Catalina Island
Lifeguards believe he had been in the sea for 9 hours before the fishermen reached him, and he told them he was a pianist on a cruise ship, the Ovation of the Seas.
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Norton credits a super El Niño year, and says the water was 76 degrees Fahrenheit, unusually warm for the Pacific. Scientists say the El Niño now forming is the strongest on record.
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Norton recalled the only thing the man said to him: Thank you. I thought I was gonna die. The Coast Guard says he is expected to survive, but how he ended up in the water has not been explained, and the Coast Guard is investigating.
“Thank you. I thought I was gonna die.”
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