She’s taking home the mermaid crown. A fearless Gotham native is set to stroke across the English Channel’s 21 miles of treacherous waters this week — becoming the first woman from the Big Apple to ...

An Arizona woman dove headfirst into history and did it for a cause close to her heart. At 66, Deborah Gardner became the oldest woman ever to swim the 21-mile Catalina Channel, a grueling overnight ...

In 1926, when Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim the English Channel, the event was publicized around the world, and she was celebrated as an American hero in a series of public events, ...

At 66, Deborah Gardner became the oldest woman ever to swim the 21-mile Catalina Channel, and she did it for a cause close to her heart.