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A 59-year-old man died shortly after beginning the annual Brooklyn Bridge Swim in the East River. Richard Harley, a 59-year-old California resident, apparently started having problems a few minutes into the 1K swim. Newsday reports that the race began 9:45 a.m, "He was pronounced dead at Downtown Beekman Hospital at 10:10 a.m." NYC Swim's Monty Berger said that kayakers, boaters, emergency personnel and even another swimmer were trying to save him. The swimmer, Melody Baglione, told the Daily News she saw him floating near the South Street Seaport, "He was definitely unconscious," and tried to give him CPR. Harley was raising money for a girls' school in Kenya. Berger said Harley had been recently certified with swimming 3.3K in 54 minutes, "This guy wasn't slow. For his age, he had some nice speed... I am saddened this happened. We work really hard to put on these events for people from around the world. This is not how you want to this to end up."
Man Dies During Brooklyn Bridge Swim
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Even for a charitable cause, swimming in the East River seems like a really bad idea for so many reasons.
What's the name of the girl's school he was going to donate to? I would like to donate on his behalf.
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God speed Richard Harley.
The name of the girls school is "Daraja Academy" in Kenya. I am thrilled to see that my fathers story has inspired you to want to donate. Its actually the FIRST free secondary school all of eastern africa! can you believe that? So the people who have set up the school (this is its first year) are doing it for all the right reasons- and the young ladies there are all superb people who have been plucked from some very desperate circumstances. You're money will go a loooong way no matter how much you donate.
http://daraja-academy.org/