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Business executives raising charity cash in channel swim (Photo)

Posted by editor on Aug 20, 2008 - 12:00 AM
Filed under: Charity, News

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Five business executives from New York City will trade-in their business suits for swim trunks as they prepare to swim across the English Channel on Sunday (24 August)

 

The US businessmen

The intrepid swimmers are raising cash for Antitrypsin Deficiency, a little known genetic condition which may result in serious lung disease in adults and/or liver disease in infants, children and adults.

The team have been practicing in the North Atlantic ocean off Long Island, New York.

If you would like to support the swimmers, more details of the alpha-1 awareness(UK) patient website can be found here and details of the swim here.

 

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