Activist Christopher Swain swims in ‘toilet bowl of bacteria’
“There were used condoms, turds and sewage, and my eyes were burning underneath my goggles from the oil,” said clean water activist Christopher Swain after swimming the entire 3.5-mile North Brooklyn dumpsite known as Newtown Creek last week.
As Swain described his heinous plunge into the estuary that runs along the edges of Greenpoint and East Williamsburg, his voice shuddered and his description was reminiscent of a nightmare.