{"id":557,"date":"2015-04-23T10:12:09","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T14:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gowanuscag.org\/?p=557"},"modified":"2015-04-23T10:41:24","modified_gmt":"2015-04-23T14:41:24","slug":"swimmer-braves-brooklyns-gowanus-canal-superfund-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gowanuscag.org\/index.php\/2015\/04\/23\/swimmer-braves-brooklyns-gowanus-canal-superfund-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimmer Braves Brooklyn\u2019s Gowanus Canal, a Superfund Site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">&#8220;&#8216;It\u2019s just like swimming through a dirty diaper,&#8217; he told a crowd of reporters, residents of the nearby neighborhoods and incredulous passers-by who had gathered to see him off at the canal end of Degraw Street. Having some experience with dirty diapers, as well as with other, somewhat less filthy waterways, Mr. Swain had come prepared: His silver Nissan Pathfinder held a pair of black rubber fins, a yellow dry suit, a pair of black gloves, goggles and a green rubber swimming cap on which Mr. Swain had written, in black marker, &#8216;#HOPE.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gowanuscag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ChristopherSwainGowanusSwim.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"387\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-558\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gowanuscag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ChristopherSwainGowanusSwim.jpg?resize=580%2C387\" alt=\"ChristopherSwainGowanusSwim\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gowanuscag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ChristopherSwainGowanusSwim.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gowanuscag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ChristopherSwainGowanusSwim.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gowanuscag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ChristopherSwainGowanusSwim.jpg?resize=225%2C150&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read the full <em>New York Times<\/em> story, by reporter Vivian Yee, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/04\/23\/nyregion\/swimmer-braves-brooklyns-gowanus-canal-a-superfund-site.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;&#8216;It\u2019s just like swimming through a dirty diaper,&#8217; he told a crowd of reporters, residents of the nearby neighborhoods and incredulous passers-by who had gathered to see him off at&#8230;  <a href=\"https:\/\/gowanuscag.org\/index.php\/2015\/04\/23\/swimmer-braves-brooklyns-gowanus-canal-superfund-site\/\" class=\"more-link\" title=\"Read Swimmer Braves Brooklyn\u2019s Gowanus Canal, a Superfund Site\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12],"tags":[87,60],"class_list":["post-557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frontpage","tag-gowanus","tag-swimming"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Swimmer Braves Brooklyn\u2019s Gowanus Canal, a Superfund Site - Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gowanuscag.org\/index.php\/2015\/04\/23\/swimmer-braves-brooklyns-gowanus-canal-superfund-site\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Swimmer Braves Brooklyn\u2019s Gowanus Canal, a Superfund Site - Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&#8220;&#8216;It\u2019s just like swimming through a dirty diaper,&#8217; he told a crowd of reporters, residents of the nearby neighborhoods and incredulous passers-by who had gathered to see him off at... 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