Lewis Pugh spent 32 days swimming down the Hudson River in stages between its source and Battery Park on Manhattan Island. Escorted by a multi-functional team of navigators, kayakers, a photographer, communicators, social media specialists, a physiologist, operational staff, and a expedition coordinator, his focus on spent on gradually swimming the entire length of the Hudson.

Pugh admitted that the Hudson Swim itself was challenging – even difficult at times – due to the cumulative daily fatigue, the warm 26°C water temperature and high humidity, and the occasional thunderstorms, but his ultimate goal was sharing his post-swim message as broadly and specifically as possible.

Various interviews were started during the actual stage swim, but the 53-year-old swimmer and climate activist began a long series of interviews as soon as he climbed out of the Hudson at Battery Park.

Pugh continued to quietly and forcefully hammer away at his long-held message that the waterways of the world as indispensable to human life and that we must work continuously to maintain the health of interconnected oceans, seas, rivers, and lake of Planet Earth. Pugh oft-repeated, “Rivers are the arteries of our planet, and we cannot have a healthy planet without healthy rivers.”

To watch Pugh’s interview on MSNBC, click here.

To watch Pugh’s interview of CNN, visit here.

To watch Pugh’s interview on ABC-TV, visit here.

Other interviews are posted here and here.

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