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Reza Baluchi, a 49-year-old ultramarathon runner, spent five years building a hydropod which he used to run across the water in an attempt to raise money for charity.
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The 1,000-mile, north-bound trip was expected to take 21 days, but Baluchi’s efforts were scuppered after just eight hours. Unfavourable currents and a broken GPS took him 30 miles south and the contraption washed up near Daytona Beach.
But Baluchi is well known to the authorities in this part of Florida.
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