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Swimmer Story

 

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Swimmers from the Seattle event share touching and inspiring stories about why they swim.

Kathy Smith Connor
  Kathy, an alternate for the 1980 Olympic team, swims for her father who lost a long battle with cancer. She also swims for her mom who is a breast cancer survivor and her sister who had melanoma. She swims in hope that they - and her children - will never have to go through this fight again. Click here to read her full story

Bonnie Garmus

   Bonnie is a cancer survivor who hopes the shock of the cold water would take away all the hurt, not just from slipping on the wetsuit for the first time after a bilateral mastectomy, but all the pain from the previous year. It did that and more. The simplest movement; pulling one arm and then the other through bone-chilling water provided the ability to see what joy is made of and how it comes to be. Click here to read her full story

Scott Lautman

   While training for the 1980 Olympic trials, Scott was diagnosed with a bone tumor on his left femur. The dream and goal of the Olympics was over, but a new goal emerged: to beat the disease. Now a cancer survivor, he enjoys the simple sensation of moving through the water, on to the next goal or challenge life may have in store for him. Click here to read his full story

Greg Miller

   Greg participated in the inaugural Swim Across America, Seattle Lake Washington swim after successfully undergoing kidney cancer treatments the previous year. He has not only fully recovered from his 2008 battle with cancer, but is in far better physical shape than he was before his diagnosis and surgery. "Events like Swim Across America are important, because they enable us to help other people." Click here to read his full story