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Freedom Swimmers Face Sharks On Hong Kong Escape
Hong Kong AP report recounts Chan Sue king, a young freedom swimmer from Communist China, mauled by a shark while crossing the bay. He survived after 30 hours on rocks but lost his left leg. Thousands of Chinese fled to Hong Kong in 1971. many are young, seek jobs and a better life. Chan undertook the perilous crossing from Canton to Hong Kong with a friend, described lengthy, dangerous swim aided by plastic bags and night tides before a Hong Kong marine police launch rescued him.
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