Musa Ibrahim crosses Bangla Channel

English Channel winner Van Gool Milko of the Netherlands along with Bangladesh's first Mount Everest conqueror Musa Ibrahim yesterday swam across Bangla Channel.
The Dutch swimmer was accompanied by first Bangla Channel winner Lipton Sarker and Bangladesh Television cameraman Moniruzzaman.
They began swimming from Shah Parirdwip jettyghat under Teknaf upazila in Cox's Bazar at 7:00am. The Netherlands' English Channel hero took three hours 46 minutes to cross Bangla Channel. He and his teammates reached St Martin's Island at 10:46am.
Lipton took five hours five minutes to cross Bangla Channel while Moniruzzaman took eight hours 10 minutes and Musa eight hours 18 minutes to reach the island.
The expedition was styled “Bangla Channel Swimming 2012”.