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Atherton council member swims from Alcatraz to San Francisco

Original post made on Sep 22, 2015

Atherton City Council member Bill Widmer on Sept. 13 swam from Alcatraz to the San Francisco's Aquatic Park in under 40 minutes.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, September 22, 2015, 9:58 AM

Comments

Posted by Jenny Redo
a resident of Atherton: West Atherton
on Sep 22, 2015 at 1:46 pm

Awesome! Way to go Bill!


Posted by SFIst
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Sep 22, 2015 at 3:13 pm

Barbara you are 2 for 2 today!

Frisco is a city in Texas. San Francisco is the city that Mr. Widmer swam to from Alcatraz.


Posted by Stu Soffer
a resident of Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks
on Sep 22, 2015 at 3:45 pm

Stu Soffer is a registered user.

Impressive. Congratulations!


Posted by Barbara Wood
Almanac staff writer
on Sep 22, 2015 at 4:26 pm

Barbara Wood is a registered user.

I would NEVER call San Francisco Frisco, even if I didn't have room in a headline. I almost complained to my editor when I saw it, but I am pretty sure he did it because there wasn't room for San Francisco, and I didn't want to make his life any harder than it already is. But I will fix it, so none of need to continue to be bothered by it!


Posted by SFist
a resident of Menlo Park: Stanford Hills
on Sep 22, 2015 at 6:10 pm

Barbara

Thank you!

SF always is OK