SAN FRANCISCO (KGPE/KSEE/CNN) – A boy, 9, faced cold water, big waves and strong currents to swim from San Francisco to Alcatraz Island, and then back again.
It took James Savage a little more than two hours to make the three-mile swim Tuesday.
He did it in part because his dad offered him $100. MORE
Pretty stupid
Very stupid.
Beats smoking crack or gender surfing like the other indoctrinated inmates.
I can’t get my boys to turn the hallway light off on a consistent basis.
Bet that is some clean water to be drinking. Two weeks from now he’ll have some virus.
I could swim 5 miles when I was 20. That was one of the tests for life guard.
Jerry Manderin, I bet they would turn those lights off for $200.
For some strange reason, I get the feeling Dad doesn’t believe the kid is his or has a great insurance policy on him.
Something aint right here.
I used to open water swim a lot when I sailed in the Carib. It’s a lot different then swimming laps.
I think it’s pretty cool. Good for both the dad and him. When you see so many fat little kids addicted to their playstations or walking into manholes looking at their phones, accomplishing something like this so young can’t be anything but positive.
A 180 from very stupid.
If true it is very impressive.
I have watched many shows where this is attempted.
Of course they are replicating the Morris escape from Alcatraz.
Something doesn’t smell right though?
Typical crap reporting short of facts and details.
If he did this unassisted, they chose the optimum current and wave conditions.
He had a wet suit on Loco, something that Morris certainly didn’t. It would make a huge difference. It’s not the distance, it’s the temperature of the water. A 5 mile, open water swim by a 9 year old, even in optimal conditions is impressive.
The kid swam with an adult trainer, there was support nearby all the way.
Granted the water was warmer, but growing up in San Diego a 2 hour swim in the ocean was no big deal.
Gross. You know how much urine is in the Bay from the runoff brought to you by hippy bums in SF?
Or is it hippie?
Dad DOES realize there are sharks in that water? Occasionally a Great White?
Jumper, one is more likely to be struck by lighting while swimming in the SF bay than attacked by a shark.
On nice days, the bay is full of recreational swimmers, windsurfers, boaters, you name it.
Wet suits are shark proof? Who knew?
kid swims to Alcatraz, the escapes from Alcatraz.
Thought that was impossible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmsejk9rf4A
Just a portion of the swim for those that said it was impossible. You can go through the other videos on there and see that this kid really is an amazing swimmer.