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Susan Taylor Channel swim fund receives anonymous £300,000 donation
Read BBC An anonymous donor has pledged £300,000 to the charities Susan Taylor was fundraising for when she died swimming the English Channel. The money will be split between Rainbows Hospice, in Loughborough, and Diabetes UK. The total on Ms Taylor’s fundraising website stands at about £71,000 (right now Rainbows £60,815.96 and Diabetes UK £10,335.00)…
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Behold this GoPro video from a DJI Phantom quadcopter over Niagara Falls
Nature, you awesome! Watch this video on YouTube
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Donations soar after swimmer Susan Taylor dies crossing English Channel
Read for instance The Guardian Donations have poured in for 34-year-old Susan Taylor who died while attempting to cross the English Channel on Sunday. Her fundraising page for the Rainbow Hospice is at £56,673.17 now, and the one for Diabetes UK at £9,732.50. http://youtu.be/burzttUY-4o
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Ex-Navy swimmer saved by teens: ‘There’s no way I should have gotten out of that’
See Fox12 An ex-Navy rescue swimmer’s lazy float down the Clackamas River took a disastrous turn when he became tangled in nylon rope Saturday, but a miraculous rescue performed by two untrained teenagers saved his life. KPTV – FOX 12
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Rise and Swim (Welcome to the Grind)
Inspirational Swimming Video Featuring Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Ian Thorpe, Cesar Cielo, Alain Bernard, James Magnusson, Nathan Adrian.
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Man saves family by swimming five hours
Read University Chronicle A man from Maryland swam for five hours to find help for his family. The family was boating off the Eastern Shore of Maryland when their boat capsized during a strong storm John Franklin Riggs scaled rocks on the shoreline after dark and then knocked at the first house he found after…
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