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Quadruple amputee plans swim from Europe to Africa (AP)

September 20th, 2010

Philllipe Croizon, a Frenchman whose arms and legs were amputated jokes during a press conference in Wissant, northern France, Monday, Sept. 20, 2010 after crossing the English Channel this weekend using leg prostheses that have flippers attached. Croizon, 42, had expected the tough crossing to take up to 24 hours and instead, he finished in only 13 and a half. (AP Photo/ Michel Spingler)AP - Just days after swimming across the English Channel, quadruple amputee Philippe Croizon is already dreaming of a new challenge: crossing from Europe to Africa in the Strait of Gibraltar.


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