Schwarzenegger Comes to Swimmer’s Aid

Friday, April 9th, 2004

My internal hero-worshipper and my internal cynic are struggling over this story. From Schwarzenegger Comes to Swimmer’s Aid:

‘Access Hollywood’ says Governor Schwarzenegger was in the water swimming toward his wife, Maria Shriver, when he passed by a man who was having trouble swimming and breathing. Schwarzenegger asked if he was OK and the guy said ‘no.’ So Schwarzenegger grabbed a boogie board. And, here’s where all that weight training helped: While he was treading 20-foot deep water, he picked the man up, put him on the board and swam with him to shore.

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