re: Which one of you baws fell off a cruise ship?

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Then, amid the vast search zone, a crew on another vessel spotted something, VanderWeit said.

It was the man.

A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew out of New Orleans headed to the spot -- and "hoisted the man onto the helicopter," VanderWeit said.

And he was responsive, USCG Petty Officer Ryan Graves said.

Rescuers haven't been able to determine how long he was in the water, Gross told "CNN This Morning" -- but it could have been more than 15 hours.

If it was that long, it's "the absolute longest that I've heard about -- and just one of those Thanksgiving miracles," he said.

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