Dominican world-record swimmer Marcos Diaz, who fought childhood asthma by exercising in the Caribbean waters, faced a new challenge on Saturday: a nonstop, 20-hour swim around Manhattan.
His aim is to raise money for poor Dominican children with cancer, and to start a program for youngsters with asthma.
`I started to swim when I was 6, to improve my lungs and my breathing,'' said Diaz, 32, who plunged into the water Saturday evening, at the point where the Hudson River joins the East River.
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Swimmer Circling Manhattan to Help Sick Kids
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