# Woman falls off cruise ship, treads water for 10 hours, and is found & rescued

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-falls-off-cruise-ship-treads-water-for-10-hours-and-is-found-rescued/819923>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 20, 2018, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-falls-off-cruise-ship-treads-water-for-10-hours-and-is-found-rescued/819923 "2018-08-20T17:05:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2018, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-falls-off-cruise-ship-treads-water-for-10-hours-and-is-found-rescued/819923/41 "2018-08-22T22:32:15Z")

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> [@BobLibDem](#):
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> Apparently the real ones don’t keep you afloat, as Carol Wayne could have attested.

\<record needle scratch\> Wait, those were real!?

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-falls-off-cruise-ship-treads-water-for-10-hours-and-is-found-rescued/819923/42 "2018-08-23T04:16:37Z")

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> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#):
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> \<record needle scratch\> Wait, those were real!?

Never heard of Carol Wayne before, and now you guys led me to look her up.

… and, she must’ve had a strong back.

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