Two Newport Beach fishermen found a Royal Caribbean cruise ship employee treading water nearly 20 miles off the coast while returning home from a fishing trip near Catalina Island on Friday.
Sean Norton and Grant Garrett were fishing for marlin in the morning. By noon, they had rescued the man who had been treading water nearly 20 miles off the coast in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
“I’m like, ‘Yeah, it’s a human being. Stop the boat; let’s get all of our lines in,” Garrett said, recalling the moment the boat’s captain spotted the man in the water…