9-year-old Los Banos boy makes record breaking swim to Alcatraz

Tuesday, June 14, 2016
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A 9-year-old from Los Banos is a new world record holder.

James Savage became the youngest person to swim from the San Francisco Aquatic Park to Alcatraz Island and back on Tuesday.
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"I thought it was going to be easy at first but then I got out there and the tide was pushing me all around," he said. "I was about to quit but then I kept going."

Savage is a fourth grader at Mercey Springs Elementary on Los Banos.

He broke the record set by a 10-year-old from Sunnyvale.
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