Paraplegic rows across Atlantic
A paraplegic woman from Long Beach completed a rowing journey 2,900 miles across the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday morning, landing at English Harbour, Antigua, according to race organizers.
Angela Madsen, 47, and Frenchman Franck Festor, 36, a partial amputee, rowed their 24-foot-long vessel from the Canary Islands as part of a transatlantic rowing race.
Their vessel, the Row of Life, finished 12th out of 20 boats, the rest of which were rowed by able-bodied individuals. The race began Dec. 2.
-- Susannah Rosenblatt
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