Calvary Chapel Of Lafayette, Louisiana

On July 4, 1952, Florence Chadwick, the first woman to swim the English Channel in both directions, attempted to swim from Catalina Island to the California coast. It was her greatest challenge, not only because of the distance, but because of a dense fog and very cold water. After swimming to within a half of a mile of the California coast, she gave up. When asked why she quit, she responded, “I swam for 15 hours, and yet because of […]