I did, too. It was the first time I'd seen a river so integrated into city life. In the years since, I've swum in many more places, and written a book-Why We Swim (Algonquin Books, 2020)-about our ...
The swim, which would be the first open water swim in the river in nearly a century, is scheduled for September 22. From over a thousand applicants, only 500 swimmers were selected to compete.