The Boston Harbor has had its share of interesting traffic, from Revolutionary War boats to tea being dumped into the water by American colonists led by the Sons of Liberty.<\/p>\n
On Friday, there was some more unique traffic as seven Olympians and 68 total swimmers made their way through the Boston Harbor for a good cause.<\/p>\n
The 22-mile, open water relay-style event, led by Swim Across America, raised money for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Massachusetts General Hospital for Children.<\/p>\n
The race started on the docks at Rowes Wharf near the Boston Harbor Hotel, then finished back on the same side of the harbor.<\/p>\n
Klete Keller<\/strong> and Erik Vendt<\/strong> participated in the event along with fellow Olympians Craig Beardsley, Doug Gjersten, Janel Jorgensen McArdle, Alex Meyer<\/strong> and Eric Wunderlich<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Each swimmer had to raise a minimum of $2,000 to participate, according to event staff. During the past 22 years, more than $2 million has been raised at this event.<\/p>\n This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p> The Boston Harbor has had its share of interesting traffic, from Revolutionary War boats to tea being dumped into the water by American colonists led by the Sons of Liberty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3915,"featured_media":318947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,11],"tags":[32753,53755,20356,69347,115,1847,54573,3818,50988],"class_list":["post-318936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-open-water","tag-alex-meyer","tag-boston-harbor","tag-craig-beardsley","tag-doug-gjersten","tag-eric-wunderlich","tag-erik-vendt","tag-janel-jorgensen-mcardle","tag-klete-keller","tag-swim-across-america"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n