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Awoman became the first person with a complete spinal cord injury to swim the English Channel – without a wetsuit.
After being knocked off her bike and paralyzed from the waist down, Paula Craig MBE marked the 21st anniversary of her accident by swimming the impressive stretch as part of a relay team.
Craig, 59, was one of six swimmers who set off from Dover, England, to France at 2:48 a.m. on August 4, covering 21 miles in a total of 14 hours and 3 minutes.
Read more at: https://www.newsweek.com/woman-complete-spinal-cord-injury-swim-english-channel-1731797
