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How to swim in the Chicago River for a great cause

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wgnradio.com
Published
Wed 13 Aug 2025
Episode Link
https://wgnradio.com/?p=2653275

Doug McConnell, world-class open-water swimmer and founder of A Long Swim, alongside John Quail, Director of Policy and Conservation at Friends of the Chicago River, join John Landecker to talk about the approval of swimming in the Chicago River for the first time in 98 years and to share the event they are organizing to raise funds for ALS research and youth swimming lessons.



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