SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- In these times of continued uncertainty, the focus has to be on resilience. That's the message delivered today by French adventurer Philippe Croizon to students at the Lycee ...

LONDON, England, September 20. FRENCHMAN Philippe Croizon swam across the English Channel on Saturday in 13.5 hours, becoming the first quadruple amputee to complete the swim, according to a report in ...

Quadruple amputee Philippe Croizon swam between islands in the icy Bering Strait Friday, August 17, to cross from America to Asia in the final part of a quest to link all continents. Details of the ...

A famed French adventurer and quadruple amputee, who became the first limbless man to swim across the English Channel, will have his custom-built wheelchair returned to him after it was stolen last ...

Philippe Croizon lost all his limbs in 1994, when he was electrocuted while trying to fix a television antenna. Now, the Frenchman is out to prove that his disability can’t keep him tied to dry land.

PARIS -- A Frenchman whose arms and legs were amputated is attempting to swim across the English Channel using leg prostheses that have flippers attached. Philippe Croizon's father said his son is ...

(CBS/AP) In a bid to inspire those who have "lost their taste for life," a man whose arms and legs were amputated has completed a swim across the English Channel. The 42-year-old Frenchman, Philippe ...

A Frenchman whose arms and legs were amputated swam across the English Channel this weekend using leg prostheses that have flippers attached. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access ...

This morning, NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reported on a quadriplegic man who swam across the English Channel. According to her, "the Frenchman says he did it to inspire all those who think life is nothing ...

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