Steve Winwood - Valerie

The nice part of Rio- Travessia/crossing dos Fortes 2012 - boia 4 (Hotel Meridien). It was broadcasted live by the main TV open channel. There were 2500 competitors. Athletes with the blue bonnet and amateurs with the white bonnet.

It was at the beach of Copacabana. The start was at the lifeguard 6 point, near the military fort of Copacabana. That used to be my prefered place of the beach. Actually, when I was a kid, my father had a heart attack while we were there along with my family and then we stayed there for 3 months during his treatment and recovery. The good part of that event was that we (my brother, sister and me) used to go to the beach everyday, we also stayed there during the Carnival, he recovered very well and lived for more twenty years. The only thing we had to do to get to the beach was to cross the Atlantica avenue. My dad used to watch us from the balcony of the apartment while we were in the beach, in the water.   

30 dolphins stranding and incredibly all of them were saved: While somebody was filming they queep coming to the sand. A biologist said that they were probably chasing a school of fishes and lost their way. The ones that's been saved stay safe and sound waiting for the ones that hasn't been saved yet. That's a good example for people, or nations, whose people still kill that kind of animals.