EGYPTIAN AMPUTEE IN RED SEA RECORD
CAIRO // An Egyptian adventurer has become the first amputee to swim from Egypt to Jordan, crossing a 20-kilometre stretch of the Red Sea’s Gulf of Aqaba last month in under nine hours. Omar Hegazy, a 26-year-old banker, lost his left leg two years ago in a motorcycle accident, which he said left him with an identity crisis. But Hegazy regained his strength through training and was able to take up sports he had enjoyed before his accident. “I didn’t know what I was any more or how I was going to live,” he said. – Reuters