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Harry Elionsky

It was reported on October 13, 1918 that he had died during the 1918 flu pandemic, but that was an error.

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The distance was one and a half miles, but crossed the treacherous Hells Gate.

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With two men tied to him with thirty-five yards of heavy rope and his hands bound, and weighing 265 pounds, he swam through Hells Gate in the East River on November 14, 1916.

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