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The 22-year-old man, who was not identified by authorities,
somehow fell off the Royal Caribbean ship during the
early-morning hours of Jan. 8, according to ABC.
Scott Campbell, a passenger on the Disney ship, told ABC that he
was on his balcony with his daughter at about 6:30 a.m. when he
heard the man calling for help.
"I'll never forget the scream, 'Somebody help me,'" Campbell
told the network.
A Disney spokeswoman confirmed that the Disney Magic cruise ship
picked up a passenger who had fallen overboard from another
cruise ship on Jan. 8 but declined further comment.
Video of the rescue shows the man swimming through choppy seas
toward an orange lifeboat apparently launched by the Disney
ship.
Cozumel Port Captain Alfonso Rodriguez told CNN that the man,
who does not remember how he fell into the water, was treated at
a local hospital before being flown back to the United States.
"This man was reborn. Most people that experience, that kind of
fall, break their neck. It’s like hitting concrete,” Rodriguez
told CNN.
Representatives for Royal Caribbean Cruises and Disney Cruise
Line did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
(Reporting by Dan Whitcomb in Los Angeles; and Joanna Bernstein
in Mexico City; Editing by Eric Beech)
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