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Decide to live
PARIS (AP)— A Frenchman whose arms and legs
were amputated is attempting to swim across
the English Channel using leg prostheses that
have flippers attached.

Philippe Croizon's father said his son is making
better-than-expected time in favorable wind
conditions – and three dolphins even swam
alongside him for a time.

"We took that as a sign of good luck,"
Gerard Croizon told The Associated Press
on Saturday.

Philippe Croizon, 42, set off from Folkestone
on the British side of the English Channel and is
expected to reach the French coastline early Sunday,
after a journey that might take up to 24 hours.

Croizon's specially designed leg protheses,
which end in flippers, allow him to propel himself
through the water. His truncated upper arms
go through the motions of the crawl,
and he breathes through a snorkel.

The swimmer lost his arms and legs after being
electrocuted in 1994 as he stood on a ladder
adjusting his television antenna,
which touched a power line.

Croizon made headlines in 2007 for parachuting
from an airplane.
He wrote a book about his experiences called
"J'ai decide de vivre" (I decided to live.)
by fighter_eiji | 2010-09-19 18:19 | English
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