Epic!Imagine if you can that your IQ has been cut in half; (that is assuming that you have average to above average intelligence.) Imagine that your life expectancy will be on average 1/3-shorter than it should. Imagine that you weigh only 95-pounds, you can't use your left leg for kicking nor can you use it to even run, and finally you're about to jump into Boston Harbor in October for an open water swim to show the world that you can?
31-year-old Karen Gaffney has Down Syndrome and she just swam 5-miles in outrageous conditions. (I myself draw the line at 2.4-miles because I am no Karen Gaffney.)
From Boston.com:
"The conditions were really difficult," said Elaine Kornbau Howley, one of the open-water swimmers who paced Karen Gaffney. "She's just a really inspiring person."
The swim was a fundraiser for the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress, whose executive director Maureen Gallagher, said, "We want our young people with Down Syndrome to have every opportunity for a full and productive life. And we know they can."
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Here's some more coverage of the swim from someone that was in the water during the swim: http://blog.talesofthebeerbaby.com/2009/10/karen-gaffneys-boston-harbor-swim.html
Awesome thank you for the link!
This is fantastic! And Rob, thanks for the link. Congrats to Karen, who is becoming my favorite athlete for this year.
She is really an amazing person. Congratulations Karen!!!
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