https://community.usms.org/swimming/f/open-water-training-and-technique/24320/apparently-john-stossel-is-an-open-water-swimmerAbout the 6th paragraph down. &quot;The rivers surrounding Manhattan were once disgusting. Millions of people live in my city, and just 25 years ago, pipes simply carried the waste from their bathrooms, untreated, right into the Hudson and East rivers.en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.usms.org/thread/261520?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 30 Oct 2005 15:44:36 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:4436392c-66bc-450c-a255-fe95aee46b45Former MemberFunny, I just finished reading his book this afternoon. :)<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/261469?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 30 Oct 2005 12:18:09 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:24be5a38-c8ca-4de3-a528-6e6a2480e6d7Former MemberStossel is a cool libertarian and it would indeed be neat if he&#39;s an open water swimmer.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/261412?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 15 Sep 2005 05:11:09 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:d009c4c1-8720-47e2-8157-9cef925f4405Former MemberIt might be that &quot;swim there&quot; just means he visits the public beaches or wades along the banks... But for the great stuff Stossel writes, it would be cool if her were a Swimmer (not just a swimmer) and did a piece on swimming from his perspective.<div style="clear:both;"></div>