More than 260 brave and athletic souls swam across the Hudson River from Liberty State Park to Lower Manhattan.
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For an extra challenge, they stopped at the State of Liberty and Ellis Island to do push-ups and pull-ups.
The event honors victims of September 11, Extortion 17 chopper crash in Afghanistan and all service members.
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