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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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