British swimmer channels boyhood heroes in Atlantic crossing

ATLANTIC (AFP) — As a boy, Ben Hooper wanted to join the British explorers he revered for surmounting the impossible, and now as he prepares to swim across the Atlantic, he hopes to equal their daring feats — and survive.

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