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Row, Row, Row the Boat

Four years after a gruesome sculling accident on the Charles, John Yasaitis is back to finish what he started at the famous regatta.

By KEITH O'BRIEN
October 1, 2006

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O ut here, on the Charles River at dawn, you can hear the city breathing. Sirens wail in the distance. Rush-hour traffic picks up and begins to hum. Cars and trucks rumble and roar. But John Yasaitis hears none of it. On his one-man scull, oars in hand, the 59-year-old rower hears only the sounds of his own making. (Full article: 983 words)

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