Kim Adler is a survivor and a fighter. After beating colon and liver cancer, Adler has decided to celebrate her five year anniversary by swimming 15.5 miles across the Long Island Sound. She's invited her surgeon, oncologist and three co-workers to join her marathon relay team. The swim is to raise money for St Vincent's SWIM Across the Sound, and supports cancer patients and their families. 

The charity holds a special place to Adler, as SWIM Across the Sound helped her to pay her mortgage during the time she was undergoing chemotherapy and had to take off of work. Adler recalls, "my family and I could have lost our home. I don't know what we would have done without their support."

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