A Frenchman who lost his limbs in an accident braved strong winds and currents to swim from Papua New Guinea to Indonesia Thursday, in the first stretch of a mission to swim between five continents. Philippe Croizon, 43, who uses prosthetic limbs with flippers attached, took seven and a half…
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