BELMONT — A medical emergency forced Mike Welsch to postpone his attempt to swim the length of Lake Winnisquam yesterday. Cliff King, who was to pilot the boat accompanying Welsch on the first leg of his swim, said Welsch was admitted to Lakes Region General Hospital early Thursday morning, and was likely to remain there overnight until doctors were confident that he could be safely released. Welsch, who had one leg amputated after an accident while serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, has completed swims on all of New Hampshire’s lakes except for Winnisquam, and he planned to enter the water at 8:30 a.m. Thursday and swim to the dock at Winnisquam Market in a journey he expected to last between four and six hours. King said he did not know how soon Welsch might be able to reschedule his swim. — Tom Caldwell

Source: Daily Sun August 18, 2017 02:03 UTC