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Lewis Pugh, a 53-year-old endurance swimmer, holds a unique distinction: he is the only person to have completed long-distance swims in all the world s oceans.Recently, he completed an incredible 315-mile swim of the entire Hudson River, as part of his ongoing mission to make waves in conversation about ocean mdash; and now river mdash; preservation.With Pugh s Hudson River swim, which started in the Adirondack Mountains in northeastern New York and finished last month in Lower Manhattan, Pugh sought to raise awareness about the transformation of the river, which was contaminated by toxic waste throughout the last century. Cleanup of the river started in the 1980s, and it is n stanley cup ow considered a success story of environmental recovery. stanley cup It was one of the most polluted rivers here in America, if not the world. And then things have been turned around, said Pugh. I think this is a blueprint for people all around the world that their rivers can be saved, he said. Pugh spent 32 consecutive days in the river, swimming twice daily to align with the river s current. Pugh said he found inspiration looking up in the night sky as he swam. I d look at the heavens, and you got the big blue moon and all these stars. It was really comforting because I thought about all those people who d helped me get here today, stanley cup he said. I hope more people will swim in this river. This is such a special river, said Pugh.Pugh s final stretch drew spectators to Ibzg Transcript: Surgeon General Jerome Adams on Face the Nation, July 12, 2020
WASHINGTON --Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh says he would have shaken the hand of a school shooting victim s father during a break in last week s Senate hearing had he recognized him before being whisked away by security detail. Kavanaugh s explanation yeezy for the encounter with Fred Guttenberg -- capture salomon d in an Associated Press photo that went viral on social media -- was among a 263-page response to written questions from senators on a range of issues including abortion, executive power and his personal finances.Kavanaugh wrote that he assumed the man who approached him and touched my arm during a break at the Senate Judiciary Committee proceedings had been one of the m ugg any protesters in the hearing room. Guttenberg s 14-year-old daughter, Jaime, was among 17 people killed on Feb. 14 at Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida. It had been a chaotic morning, Kavanaugh wrote. I unfortunately did not realize that the man was the father of a shooting victim from Parkland, Florida. Mr. Guttenberg has suffered an incalculable loss. If I had known who he was, I would have shaken his hand, talked to him, and expressed my sympathy. And I would have listened to him. Kavanaugh s security detail ushered him out in a split second, according to the judge s response to a written question from Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee. It was among 1,287 questions from senators, almost all from Democrats.Pressed by
Lewis Pugh, a 53-year-old endurance swimmer, holds a unique distinction: he is the only person to have completed long-distance swims in all the world s oceans.Recently, he completed an incredible 315-mile swim of the entire Hudson River, as part of his ongoing mission to make waves in conversation about ocean mdash; and now river mdash; preservation.With Pugh s Hudson River swim, which started in the Adirondack Mountains in northeastern New York and finished last month in Lower Manhattan, Pugh sought to raise awareness about the transformation of the river, which was contaminated by toxic waste throughout the last century. Cleanup of the river started in the 1980s, and it is n stanley cup ow considered a success story of environmental recovery. stanley cup It was one of the most polluted rivers here in America, if not the world. And then things have been turned around, said Pugh. I think this is a blueprint for people all around the world that their rivers can be saved, he said. Pugh spent 32 consecutive days in the river, swimming twice daily to align with the river s current. Pugh said he found inspiration looking up in the night sky as he swam. I d look at the heavens, and you got the big blue moon and all these stars. It was really comforting because I thought about all those people who d helped me get here today, stanley cup he said. I hope more people will swim in this river. This is such a special river, said Pugh.Pugh s final stretch drew spectators to Ibzg Transcript: Surgeon General Jerome Adams on Face the Nation, July 12, 2020
WASHINGTON --Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh says he would have shaken the hand of a school shooting victim s father during a break in last week s Senate hearing had he recognized him before being whisked away by security detail. Kavanaugh s explanation yeezy for the encounter with Fred Guttenberg -- capture salomon d in an Associated Press photo that went viral on social media -- was among a 263-page response to written questions from senators on a range of issues including abortion, executive power and his personal finances.Kavanaugh wrote that he assumed the man who approached him and touched my arm during a break at the Senate Judiciary Committee proceedings had been one of the m ugg any protesters in the hearing room. Guttenberg s 14-year-old daughter, Jaime, was among 17 people killed on Feb. 14 at Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida. It had been a chaotic morning, Kavanaugh wrote. I unfortunately did not realize that the man was the father of a shooting victim from Parkland, Florida. Mr. Guttenberg has suffered an incalculable loss. If I had known who he was, I would have shaken his hand, talked to him, and expressed my sympathy. And I would have listened to him. Kavanaugh s security detail ushered him out in a split second, according to the judge s response to a written question from Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee. It was among 1,287 questions from senators, almost all from Democrats.Pressed by