Big River Man Page #6

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He stops feeding himself.

He only want to spent

the physical

energy on swimming

and he wanted to

swim day and night.

This was also

nothing new to me.

I fed him

the same way

on the Yangtze and

Mississippi.

It was like keeping

a baby alive

but one that your father

swimming the Amazon.

The doctor advise

that Martin stand down

for at least a week

to avoid a heart attack

but he wouldn't listen.

I not allowed you.

-I must swim tonight.

At this point if you

are going to the water

I would recommend

against it

because he's too weak

he has some

experiences in delirium

and we can't have

him swimming like that.

The doctor made Martin

sign a paper

saying that she

was not responsible

for anything that

happen to him

if he swam at night.

There were also

a big concerns about

firevits at night.

Not even crazy Matt

want it to take the risk

and try to talk to

Martin out of it.

Finally I decided

to lead him myself.

I had been

in this situation

of swimming

with him at night

before in the Danube and we

are run over by a barge

and we are almost die.

All of us felt like

we are doing something

incredibly pointless

and stupid

but I knew it if

we didn't go with him

he would swim out

at night alone.

We get one life jacket.

One life jacket

on the boat

for six men and one gun.

One gun,

one life jacket

and the swimmer that

can barely stand up.

A little bit to the end.

Go.

Go.

A little bit.

Martin all of the sudden

jump out of the river.

We thought that

might he seen the shark.

But he said that

he saw a little

girl under the water

and it hororfright him.

We got you. We got you.

You just need to lay down.

Give him a bucket

or something.

DAY 66, EASTER SUNDAY

APRIL 7, 2007

Martin got to with in

His body was in such

state of shock

that he could have an heart

attack every second.

Even though he

had already bitten

his previous world record

by nearly 1000 miles

he swam the last three

which was still water

just like a lake.

BELEM, BRAZIL

There was media

from 20 countries

waiting for us

at the finish line.

It was the

hugest moment

in Martin's life

and I felt

like I should write a

statement for him

to read to the world

explaining why he did it.

"I like it to drink...

and I'm a simple man."

"There are

many people like me."

But the things

was so chaotic

that I lost my original

and I had to rewrite it

on the boat

we us approached.

Please. Please,

give as some room.

What's your name?

What's your name?

We'll write a fish man.

You are OK, fish man.

Fish man.

No, no, no!

No, no.

Do you remember

what we must tell?

How many can...

-Excuse me, no.

They are many

people like me?

...they realized that

even impossible...

...to save the world.

I hope the people

will remember me...

...I am very tired...

I just want that...

A,B,C, D, E, F, N...

Martin was visited

by many people

in the next days

who try to helped

him out from

of his fourth

dimensional state.

One of this was

the hotel preacher

who prayed for him and

even practice English.

Another was

a Brazilian band.

Finally, Martin refuse

to see anyone

and only allowed

the Brazilian preacher

to stay with him

who's also been a papito.

He was in there

with Martin for days.

A person,

who apparently

took his own life.

That would be

the shooter.

That's right. Now to

rezavnig question

why wasn't

the alarm sound it

in between

those two shootings.

Why was that first

shooting see in the morning.

APRIL 7, 2007

BELEM, BRAZIL

FIVE MONTHS LATER

In a few months

Martin gambled away

all over

sponsorship money

and had to return

to his day job.

I waited for the

talk show to call back.

Leather man, Conor o'Brain

and Jai Lenno

had all promise

to help him on

but they never called.

Martin Strel.

Who is this guy?

Some people describe

him like a dare devil.

Fish man, human fish

even craziest

man on the world.

Take a long time to

writing that statement.

Are you sad that didn't

get read to the world?

Yeah, it took

a lot of time,

energy and creativity.

Well, we would

try to present it

to the world by internet,

over the book.

It was really bad that

he couldn't make it

but what

we could do.

Nothing else. You know,

is only a human

and was not

able to do it.

Do you have the

statement here still?

I have.

I think I have.

You had it right there.

Should I read?

-Yeah.

My name is Martin.

You can see I'm not

Lance Armstrong.

I'm a little fat

and a little old.

I like to drink a little.

I'm a simple man.

There are many

people like me.

I hope they

see this swim

and realize they can

do impossibly things

even save the world.

I hope people remember

this rainforest is our friend

and stop destroying it.

Now I am very tired.

Please, excuse me.

I just swam the Amazon.

But he couldn't do it.

Now, I finally read it

and I hope you realized

it's worth now than never.

I set down with Martin

and told him ours

finished helping with him

ultra American swimming.

I going to college.

From the looking his eye

I realize that meant

he was finished too.

This is one horizontal.

And have more.

Very special picture.

Borut!

You have another one?

After Amazon,

Martin had the same

dream over and over.

He was swimming

the Amazon again.

He had to start over

from the beginning.

When he

started swimming

the Amazon picked him up

and let him fly over it.

And show him

the way it was

in the beginning

before man kinds.

And the Amazon said

this is the

way is was, Martin

and will be again for you.

No more distraction

no more suffering

and no one will ever die.

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