Chinese woman falls overboard and spends 38 hours at sea without life jacket before rescue
Strong swimmer somehow managed to tread water while dozing
A Chinese tourist fell overboard from a cruise ship and spent 38 hours at sea without a life jacket before being rescued by fishermen in waters south of Shanghai, mainland media reported.
The 32-year-old woman, identified only by her surname Fan, was taking a five-day cruise on Royal Caribbean from the Chinese financial centre to South Korea and Japan.
On Wednesday night, she was leaning on a deck rail sightseeing when she fell, according to Thepaper.cn. She called for help but no one was around at such a late hour. Fan later told police that she was a good swimmer and had graduated from a sports university. Whenever large ships approached, she swam away to avoid getting pulled under by their wake.
She eventually became exhausted and dozed lightly while slowly moving her arms back and forth to stop her from sinking, the report cited police as saying.
