More than 260 brave and athletic souls swam across the Hudson River from Liberty State Park to Lower Manhattan.
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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