Piano Player From Cruise Ship Found in Ocean After Nine Hours

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A piano player working on the cruise ship Ovation of the Seas fell into the Pacific Ocean near the coast of California. After about nine hours in the sea, the piano player was rescued by two fishermen. The fishermen spotted him in the water, about 30 kilometers from shore, near Santa Catalina Island, and brought him onto their boat.

After the rescue, the piano player told the fishermen: "Thank you, I thought I was going to die." He was taken to hospital in stable condition. One of the fishermen said that the unusually warm water temperature, which reached 24 degrees Celsius, apparently saved his life.

The US Coast Guard is investigating how the piano player fell from the ship.