In 2022, James Michael Grimes won a free drink in an air-guitar competition while on a cruise, which was his last memory before waking up overboard in the Gulf of Mexico with no ship in sight.
He treaded water for 18 hours and was stung by two swarms of jellyfish all over his legs and arms before being rescued.
He said the scariest part was seeing what he thought was a shark: “I spotted a fin about 15 feet away that was heading to me”.
“I put my head underwater and opened my eyes to look at it. I’m not sure if it was a shark, but it bumped my leg, and I kicked. It never came back.”
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