How did Kay Longstaff survive for ten hours in the sea?

Rescuers say the British air hostess, who is 46, was exhausted after they pulled her from the Adriatic

Kay Longstaff
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A British woman who spent ten hours in the sea after falling off a cruise ship has claimed that “yoga fitness and singing” helped her survive in the water.

Air stewardess Kay Longstaff fell off the Norwegian Star cruise ship late on Saturday night after “spending the evening drinking”, the Daily Mail reports. The ship was sailing to Venice from the port of Vargarola in Croatia.

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