August 18, 2025 • 6 mins
Mike and Larry talked about the Navy Seals swimming across the Hudson this past weekend.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now let's talk about other veterans who went in the
water this weekend. It was time for the Navy Seal
swim across the Hudson and I'm proud to say that
Mike Kelly, an award winning columnist who's with us every
week at this time from North Jersey dot com, and
the record was there. But there weren't a lot of
(00:20):
other people there. I think Mike was more concerned about
who was missing, he joins us.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Now, Mike, good morning, Hey Larry, how are you well.
Point of clarification, I was not in the water.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
So yeah, no, I figured that.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Now in order to make this swim, you have to
qualify that not any you know, dog paddlers like me
and you, Larry, No, we're not gonna make it. But
you know you were talking about the rough water. They
had to cut the short cut the swim short. But
(00:57):
let me tell you what they did and what they
were supposed to do. The swimmers, three hundred and fifty
former seals and other first responders from NYPD, State Police,
FDNY Port Authority Police, all that kind of stuff. They
jump in the water at Liberty State Park in Jersey City.
(01:17):
They swim to Ellis Island, They get out, they do
one hundred push ups and twenty two pull ups. Twenty
two pull ups in honor of the veterans, the average
number of veterans who commit suicide every day. They jump
in the water again, they swim to Liberty Island, Statue
of Liberty, get out one hundred more push ups than
(01:38):
twenty two pull ups. And then from there, the Hudson
River had gotten so choppy, largely because of this hurricane
it's rolling up the coast. They decided to cut the
swim short and they went by boat across the other way.
Then they come running in in shorts, bare chested, carrying flags.
(01:59):
They come running in to the nine to eleven Memorial
area and they do one hundred more push ups and
twenty two pull ups. It was really, it was really
quite inspiring, to be honest with you. I was there
because I have a friend who's supported authority police officer,
and he said, you ought to come to this. It's
really something, and it was. It was a real eye
(02:20):
opener into a piece of America that I don't think
we see that often here in New York City.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Now, were there any TV cameras there?
Speaker 2 (02:29):
No, I was struck by the fact that, I mean,
if you're a television producer, this is a great visual.
I mean, three hundred and fifty guys, and there was
about a dozen women made this did this as well,
many of which are former steals. There a couple sealed teams,
six guys. The guy who killed Bin Laden was there.
(02:52):
So all running into the ground zero area, bear chested,
carrying flags. I mean, that's that's made to order TV,
isn't it. Isn't it, Larry?
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Yeah, absolutely, I've worked in TV newsrooms my whole life.
Of course, of course they would go there. I really
think this is an indictment on local media, the fact
that they ignored something like this.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Yeah, I mean, it really is. It's a great it
was a great story. I may write about it this week,
I'm not sure. But what I was also struck by, Larry,
is not a single elected official. Now. I talked to
some of the folks down there, and they said, oh,
we don't want politicians here, you know, trying to campaign.
But you know, if you're the mayor of the city
(03:36):
or the mayor of Jersey City, you know you're one
of your jobs is to welcome people to your town.
So to speak. And the mayor of Jersey City is
a marine vet. I don't need to tell you that.
The mayor of New York is a former cop who
I think was involved in some of the response to
nine to eleven. Where were these guys? And then of course,
(03:58):
so han Mondami, no, he's not coming, Andy Cuomo. Now,
not even Curtis Lee. I was shocked, But not even
the police commissioner. You know, the fire department sent a
couple of fire ladder trucks where they put the big
flag upon it. The guys all ran under that, So
(04:18):
the fire department had some presence, but not a fire commissioner.
I just thought that the event really was lacking for
the fact that there was no public officials, you know,
welcoming these folks and saying, hey, thank you for coming
to our city. It just was. It really struck me.
It's embarrassing, I missed opportunity.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
Well, it's more than that. It's embarrassing, and I think
it's an indictment on where we are right now in
this country, to the fact that they steer clear of
events like this because they don't want to be tarnished by,
you know, the heroes. They want to believe me, if
it had been a transparade, all of them would have
been there. It's it infuriates me that your whole story
(04:58):
infuriates me. But I'm p that you were there, and
I'm proud that you could tell us that story and
that you noticed who was missing, and that you were
going to pass it on to hard No, well, not
everybody would, you know, not everybody would else, and you did.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
It was it was a striking omission, I think. And
you know, something like they say that roughly one percent
of America serves in the military. And this became even
more apparent to me today. I mean, remember when President
George Bush showed up the ground zero right after nine
to eleven, one of his and he's looking at these
worn out construction workers, cops, firefighter and one of Bush's
(05:41):
aides turned to him and said, these are the people
that fight our wars. And you know, I think sometimes
we forget that. You know, unfortunately in America it's basically
one percent of the population that signs on for the military.
And you know, and those are the folks that run
into the harm's way and fires and stuff like that.
When they uh, when when when when we have problems,
(06:03):
and yet it's beautiful Saturday. Why did where? Where was
the man?
Speaker 1 (06:08):
That's a great point. I'm so I hope you write
about it this week because this needs to be pointed
out and talked about. Mike Kelly an award winning columnist
for North Jersey dot Com and The Record, with us
every Monday at seven o five. Thanks Mike.
Now let's talk about other veterans who went in the
water this weekend. It was time for the Navy Seal
swim across the Hudson and I'm proud to say that
Mike Kelly, an award winning columnist who's with us every
week at this time from North Jersey dot com, and
the record was there. But there weren't a lot of
(00:20):
other people there. I think Mike was more concerned about
who was missing, he joins us.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Now, Mike, good morning, Hey Larry, how are you well.
Point of clarification, I was not in the water.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
So yeah, no, I figured that.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Now in order to make this swim, you have to
qualify that not any you know, dog paddlers like me
and you, Larry, No, we're not gonna make it. But
you know you were talking about the rough water. They
had to cut the short cut the swim short. But
(00:57):
let me tell you what they did and what they
were supposed to do. The swimmers, three hundred and fifty
former seals and other first responders from NYPD, State Police,
FDNY Port Authority Police, all that kind of stuff. They
jump in the water at Liberty State Park in Jersey City.
(01:17):
They swim to Ellis Island, They get out, they do
one hundred push ups and twenty two pull ups. Twenty
two pull ups in honor of the veterans, the average
number of veterans who commit suicide every day. They jump
in the water again, they swim to Liberty Island, Statue
of Liberty, get out one hundred more push ups than
(01:38):
twenty two pull ups. And then from there, the Hudson
River had gotten so choppy, largely because of this hurricane
it's rolling up the coast. They decided to cut the
swim short and they went by boat across the other way.
Then they come running in in shorts, bare chested, carrying flags.
(01:59):
They come running in to the nine to eleven Memorial
area and they do one hundred more push ups and
twenty two pull ups. It was really, it was really
quite inspiring, to be honest with you. I was there
because I have a friend who's supported authority police officer,
and he said, you ought to come to this. It's
really something, and it was. It was a real eye
(02:20):
opener into a piece of America that I don't think
we see that often here in New York City.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Now, were there any TV cameras there?
Speaker 2 (02:29):
No, I was struck by the fact that, I mean,
if you're a television producer, this is a great visual.
I mean, three hundred and fifty guys, and there was
about a dozen women made this did this as well,
many of which are former steals. There a couple sealed teams,
six guys. The guy who killed Bin Laden was there.
(02:52):
So all running into the ground zero area, bear chested,
carrying flags. I mean, that's that's made to order TV,
isn't it. Isn't it, Larry?
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Yeah, absolutely, I've worked in TV newsrooms my whole life.
Of course, of course they would go there. I really
think this is an indictment on local media, the fact
that they ignored something like this.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Yeah, I mean, it really is. It's a great it
was a great story. I may write about it this week,
I'm not sure. But what I was also struck by, Larry,
is not a single elected official. Now. I talked to
some of the folks down there, and they said, oh,
we don't want politicians here, you know, trying to campaign.
But you know, if you're the mayor of the city
(03:36):
or the mayor of Jersey City, you know you're one
of your jobs is to welcome people to your town.
So to speak. And the mayor of Jersey City is
a marine vet. I don't need to tell you that.
The mayor of New York is a former cop who
I think was involved in some of the response to
nine to eleven. Where were these guys? And then of course,
(03:58):
so han Mondami, no, he's not coming, Andy Cuomo. Now,
not even Curtis Lee. I was shocked, But not even
the police commissioner. You know, the fire department sent a
couple of fire ladder trucks where they put the big
flag upon it. The guys all ran under that, So
(04:18):
the fire department had some presence, but not a fire commissioner.
I just thought that the event really was lacking for
the fact that there was no public officials, you know,
welcoming these folks and saying, hey, thank you for coming
to our city. It just was. It really struck me.
It's embarrassing, I missed opportunity.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
Well, it's more than that. It's embarrassing, and I think
it's an indictment on where we are right now in
this country, to the fact that they steer clear of
events like this because they don't want to be tarnished by,
you know, the heroes. They want to believe me, if
it had been a transparade, all of them would have
been there. It's it infuriates me that your whole story
(04:58):
infuriates me. But I'm p that you were there, and
I'm proud that you could tell us that story and
that you noticed who was missing, and that you were
going to pass it on to hard No, well, not
everybody would, you know, not everybody would else, and you did.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
It was it was a striking omission, I think. And
you know, something like they say that roughly one percent
of America serves in the military. And this became even
more apparent to me today. I mean, remember when President
George Bush showed up the ground zero right after nine
to eleven, one of his and he's looking at these
worn out construction workers, cops, firefighter and one of Bush's
(05:41):
aides turned to him and said, these are the people
that fight our wars. And you know, I think sometimes
we forget that. You know, unfortunately in America it's basically
one percent of the population that signs on for the military.
And you know, and those are the folks that run
into the harm's way and fires and stuff like that.
When they uh, when when when when we have problems,
(06:03):
and yet it's beautiful Saturday. Why did where? Where was
the man?
Speaker 1 (06:08):
That's a great point. I'm so I hope you write
about it this week because this needs to be pointed
out and talked about. Mike Kelly an award winning columnist
for North Jersey dot Com and The Record, with us
every Monday at seven o five. Thanks Mike.
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