Greek 53-year-old mother of three prepares to swim across the English Channel
In every difficulty of life, Patty Stogiannidou finds "healing" in water. A pool swimmer in her youth, she was left out of the pool for over twenty years due to family and professional obligations, however, an unexpected loss came to throw her ... into the deep end. The 53-year-old, today a gymnast - employee of the municipality of Thessaloniki, is preparing for a unique venture: to cross the English Channel, on June 15.