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Body Of Renowned Researcher Who Drowned In Hudson Swim Between Tappan Zee, GWB Recovered Body Of Renowned Researcher Who Drowned In Hudson Swim Between Tappan Zee, GWB Recovered
Body Of Renowned Researcher Who Drowned In Hudson Swim Between Tappan Zee, GWB Recovered UPDATE: The body of an internationally-recognized AIDS researcher and activist who drowned during the next-to-last-leg of a 120-mile marathon was recovered from the Hudson River, authorities confirmed. A kayaker alerted the NYPD after spotting the body of Charles Van der Horst, 67, of Chapel Hill, NC Tuesday morning, they said. It was brought to the Dyckman Street Boat Marina. The Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Marine Services Bureau assisted the NYPD Harbor Patrol Unit in the recovery. A spotter saw Van der Horst go under and not reappear near the foot of the "Little Red Lightho…

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Search Continues For Renowned Researcher Who Drowned In Swim Between Tappan Zee, GWB Search Continues For Renowned Researcher Who Drowned In Swim Between Tappan Zee, GWB
Search Continues For Renowned Researcher Who Drowned In Swim Between Tappan Zee, GWB UPDATE: The long-distance swimmer believed drowned during the next-to-last-leg of a 120-mile marathon was an internationally-recognized AIDS researcher, activist and former professor at the University of North Carolina. A spotter saw Charles Van der Horst, 67, of Chapel Hill go under and not reappear near the foot of the "Little Red Lighthouse" at Fort Washington Park near the George Washington Bridge just after 3 p.m. Friday, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Van der Horst, a native of the upstate New York town of Olean, was participating in a 15.7-mile leg of the 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim from…

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Swimmer, 67, Confirmed Drowned In Long-Distance Event Between Tappan Zee, GWB Swimmer, 67, Confirmed Drowned In Long-Distance Event Between Tappan Zee, GWB
Swimmer, 67, Confirmed Drowned In Long-Distance Event Between Tappan Zee, GWB UPDATE: The long-distance swimmer believed drowned during the next-to-last-leg of a 120-mile marathon was an internationally-recognized AIDS researcher, activist and former professor at the University of North Carolina. A spotter saw Charles Van der Horst, 67, of Chapel Hill go under and not reappear near the foot of the "Little Red Lighthouse" at Fort Washington Park near the George Washington Bridge just after 3 p.m. Friday, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Van der Horst, a native of the upstate New York town of Olean, was participating in a 15.7-mile leg of the 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim from…

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by Jerry DeMarco