CVST Alum Ryan Nelson Helps Organize Golden Gate Frog Man Swim
CVST Alum Ryan Nelson Helps Organize Golden Gate Frog Man Swim
SF Bay swim will raise money for Navy SEALs
San Franciso Chronical
As Charlie Orbell dives into the frigid San Francisco Bay on Sunday for a 1.5-mile swim under the Golden Gate Bridge, he’ll have two thoughts foremost in mind. Both are somber, but only one of them profound.
The first, he said, will be about how “that water is really, really cold.” The second will be of Brian Bill, a Navy SEAL killed six years ago Sunday when the Chinook CH-47 helicopter he rode in was shot down in Afghanistan.
Bill was one of 17 SEALs and 21 others who died that day, the single worst loss for U.S. forces in 16 years of war in Afghanistan. Sunday’s plunge in the bay, being undertaken by Orbell and as many as 19 other swimmers, will be in honor of not just those slain SEALs, but all other members of the elite fighting force and their families.
