Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Nine-year-old boy sets record by escaping from Alcatraz...for charity - Yahoo! News

Jesus, that's a tough kid!

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - A nine-year-old boy has succeeded where hardened criminals failed by successfully swimming across the freezing and shark-infested waters between San Francisco's Alcatraz prison and the shore.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hmmm ... I've never seen a shark in the SF Bay when I used to live there.

Are there really sharks ? Why should they be there ?

Polly said...

yes! the bay is notorious for sharks in that area.