Stay updated with breaking news from Rob Heitz. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
'SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE': After nearly two decades, Rob Heitz beat all odds and swam from Alcatraz Island to the San Francisco shoreline last Friday.
Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.
Rob Heitz’s swim took about 65 minutes Friday.
41-year-old Rob Heitz is planning the 1-to-2-mile swim Friday. Some 19 years after becoming paralyzed following a freak diving accident in Lake Michigan, he is now mostly recovered.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tronc/OBLRRITHVFHTXGUJIDP7SJRBIY.jpg)
From the beach where he swims on Lake Michigan, Rob Heitz can see the rehabilitation hospital where he began his recovery journey after being paralyzed from the neck down 19 years earlier.