Participated in hundreds Historical swimming in Chicago river On sundayAccording to several reports.
The Guardian reported that organized swimming was the first of its kind of 100 years. According to Chicago Sun-Times, the number of participants in this program came to close to 300.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said, “Receiving our river not only makes a recreational place for residents and visitors, but it also puts us on the map, along with other global destinations, as well as other global destinations, where open water floating city has become part of the city’s culture.”
A webpage for the event states that it will “completely close the loop, and once-unhealthy, rebirth of the Chicago River.”
“This citizen brings Renaissance Chicago into a unique colleague group of cities that reconstruct their urban waterways including Amsterdam, London, Paris and New York City,” Webpage continues.
“The Chicago River stood tremendous public and personal support behind the swimming concept, including paint-up from hundreds of experienced swimmers and countless local businesses and community advocates.”
In May, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior unveiled it They took a dip in rock creek In Washington, DC, with his grandson despite long -standing warnings about high bacteria levels.
At the end of last year, a Chicago court ruled that the city’s Trump Tower broke the state Environmental protection rules With the use of water from the Chicago River. In a judgment, Cook County Circuit Court Judge Thadius L. Wilson supported the 2018 trial by the Illinois Attorney General Quame Raul (D) and the alliance of environmental groups.
