This man has swam some of the most contaminated waterways in America to fight for clean water. Christopher Swain holds the record for being the first person to swim the length of the Columbia, Hudson, Mohawk, Charles, Mystic and East Rivers, as well as Lake Champlain, the Gowanus Canal, Newtown Creek, Long Island Sound, Narragansett Bay, and large sections of the Atlantic coast of the United States.
