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Man Saved After Falling From Cruise Ship

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (June 15) - A man found clinging to a buoy after falling from a cruise ship in coastal Florida has been rescued.
The Coast Guard says 46-year-old Larry Miller told them he went overboard from the Carnival Inspiration early Monday morning while it was returning to the Port of Tampa. He was found a few hours later clinging to a buoy near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in the St. Petersburg area.
He was brought to the hospital with minor injuries.
The Coast Guard is investigating, but a spokesman says it isn't clear how Miller went overboard. There was no report of a missing person from the cruise ship, which is operated by Carnival Corp.
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2009-06-15 15:00:30

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Cristacp25

01:01 PMJun 16 2009

when i went on a carnival cruise a man on the island told me that a person had fallen off a couple months prior while they were docked in the port, and when they looked for him all they found was his arm..........even when i'm sober I DON'T GO ANYWHERE NEAR THE RAIL!!!!

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Ckobell

12:46 PMJun 16 2009

I say we enact a new law...no morons allowed on cruise ships anymore.

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GHO0001

12:02 PMJun 16 2009

I'm the king of the ....Whoops.

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StillPooh

12:00 PMJun 16 2009

Despite drinking a LOT of alcohol on my one Carnival cruise, I never once felt an urgent need to stand on a flippin' railing. On the upside, I never got seasick, either. When you're drunk you don't expect the floor to be holding still.

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GHO0001

11:59 AMJun 16 2009

O lay O lay O Lay O Lay... Party on Garth....Give the man another drink.....

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HOUSEHOPE1

11:43 AMJun 16 2009

I'm pretty media savy, and don't recall of anybody surviving falling, jumping, etc.., off a ship. I seriously doubt this mans story. He would of gone unscious and drowned before realizing what happened. If I'm misinformed, somebody let me know.

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SecAnd4

11:39 AMJun 16 2009

This info on the incident was on the link to the related articlesIn a separate incident Monday, rescuers saved a passenger who had fallen off another Carnival cruise ship. The man had climbed a railing for a better a view of the scenery and slipped into the water near Tampa, Fla., the Coast Guard said.

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Tracer2524

11:17 AMJun 16 2009

I bet he even falls out of his automobile!!!!

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AJLA970202

11:00 AMJun 16 2009

Unless he was thrown off, he's a jackass!

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JCP1740

10:53 AMJun 16 2009

the idiot was probably standing on the rail acting like a fool and falling from there. the rails are plenty high enough to prevent anyone from accidently falling overboard if you keep your feet on the decks where they belong.he's lucky to be alive,maybe he'll get his head out of his a-- and look at this incident as a wake up call.

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