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Across the Atlantic, Take II
AIDS ACTIVIST TO MAKE SECOND ATTEMPT TO ROW FROM AFRICA TO BROOKLYN
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New Yorker eyes Abu Dhabi to right his boat; Green Leaf Campaign kicks-off at City Hall
New York City Daybook for October 9, 2008

New Yorker eyes Abu Dhabi to right his boat

New Yorker eyes Abu Dhabi to right his boat

New Yorker eyes Abu Dhabi to right his boat

New Yorker eyes Abu Dhabi to right his boat

New Yorker eyes Abu Dhabi to right his boat

New Yorker eyes Abu Dhabi to right his boat

New Yorker eyes Abu Dhabi to right his boat

New Yorker eyes Abu Dhabi to right his boat

New Yorker eyes Abu Dhabi to right his boat

New Yorker eyes Abu Dhabi to right his boat

New Yorker eyes Abu Dhabi to right his boat

New Yorker Hopes To Row To Medal At 2012 Olympics

Fighting AIDS is everyones responsibility

The Spirit of Zayed construction is underway

Man to row from Africa to New York, then Djibouti to Abu Dhabi

New York Environmentalist looks to London 2012


High seas Don Quixote will row to the UAE
High seas Don Quixote will row to the UAE


Rowing - Crab Cakes & "The Spirit of Zayed"

Crab Cakes and The Spirit of Zayed
BYM News
Spirit of Zayed project: Governor Martin O'Malley says rowing boat will help change society

Construction of historic vessel begins on ocean rowboat dedicated to late UAE ruler

HIV/AIDS and environmental activist to set sail across the Atlantic

Raising Awareness
Day Book
Queens Power Rower presents Environmental Award to General Motors at New York Auto Show

GM Wins 1st Green Leaf Award at NY Auto Show
Sport Communications
Rower "Goes Green" Across the Atlantic Ocean

Kayaker rows for AIDS Awareness
AROUND TOWN - AIDS Activist in town
“To honour Shaikh Zayed in this way would be a honour”

Rower seeks Zam Zam water for boat named after Zayed

Rower seeks Zam Zam water for boat named after Zayed


SENEGAL / ROWER
Goree Island: American Victor Mooney scheduled to begin his second attempted trans-Atlantic row from Goree Island on World AIDS Day. APTN covering.
Note - Victor Mooney's anticapated row across the Atlantic Ocean was carried by Agency France Press; subsequently, the story was pick-up nationally and globally.

De Victor Mooney, un Afro-Américain, qui voulait traverser l'océan Atlantique à la rame en solitaire au départ du Sénégal

Journée mondiale de mobilisation contre le sida sur fond d'espoir

Journée mondiale de mobilisation contre le sida sur fond d'espoir

Amerikaner muss Rudertour über Atlantik erneut verschieben

Amerikaner muss Rudertour über Atlantik erneut verschieben

Día Mundial del Sida: 5.700 personas mueren cada día

Día Mundial de mobilização contra a Aids marcado por preocupação e esperança

El Día Mundial del Sida se celebra entre signos de progreso

Distintas actividades en todo el mundo

AIDS; DA MANDELA A MISS CHINA, TUTTI IN LOTTA CONTRO VIRUS

Journée mondiale de mobilisation contre le sida sur fond d'espoir

Journée mondiale de mobilisation contre le sida sur fond d'espoir

Journée mondiale de mobilisation contre le sida sur fond d'espoir

Journée mondiale de mobilisation contre le sida sur fond d'espoir

Journée mondiale de mobilisation contre le sida sur fond d'espoir

Journée mondiale de mobilisation contre le sida sur fond d'espoir

Journée mondiale de mobilisation contre le sida sur fond d'espoir

Journée mondiale de mobilisation contre le sida sur fond d'espoir

El Día Mundial del Sida se celebra entre signos de progreso

El Día Mundial del Sida se celebra entre signos de progreso

El Día Mundial del Sida se celebra entre signos de progreso
Sport Features
American AIDS Activist fails in second bid to row across the Atlantic Ocean
"Save a Cap to Save a Life" Press Conference at City Hall

Sport Features
Save a Cap to Save a Life


World's Richest City Wants to Be Culture Capital of Arab World
"God has blessed this country and they are sharing it. Their great fortune is from the vision of Sheikh Zayed, the founder of the UAE", said Victor Mooney.
(GMA October 22, 2007)

American Victor Mooney leaves the island of Goree, to row across the Atlantic in May 2006.

American AIDS activist in new bid to row the Atlantic

AIDS activist plans second attempt to row across Atlantic
American rower seeks funds for AIDS voyage 
Transatlantic activist to row to UAE in the ‘Spirit of Zayed’

Anti-Aids activist in new bid to row across Atlantic

Abu Dhabi - ‘Spirit of Zayed’ for US activist

American AIDS activist in new bid to row the Atlantic

Aids activist aims to row the Atlantic

AIDS Activist in New Bid to Row the Atlantic

美国艾滋界人士计划在12月1日世界艾滋病日当天第二次横渡大西洋以引起全球对艾滋的关注。

American AIDS activist in new bid to row the Atlantic

American AIDS activist in new bid to row the Atlantic

AIDS Activist to row the Atlantic

AIDS Activist to row the Atlantic

American AIDS activist in new bid to row the Atlantic

American AIDS activist in new bid to row the Atlantic
The Spirit of Zayed Campaign goes online
BMY Sailing News
UAE. American rower Victor Mooney to meet Dubai Cares official

AIDS activist plans second attempt to row across Atlantic
American rower seeks funds for AIDS voyage 
Transatlantic activist to row to UAE in the ‘Spirit of Zayed’
BMY Sailing News
UAE. AIDS awareness rower names boat after late President Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahayan

Ramadan in Brooklyn, New York
Ummah News
American Rower Victor Mooney

New Yorker plans to row from Senegal to The Brooklyn Bridge, then Djibouti to United Arab Emirates for Global Awareness of HIV/AIDS
BMY Sailing News
American Rower Vows to Fast for The Holy Month of Ramadan
Note - Interview of Victor Mooney at The Brooklyn Bridge was carried by the Associated Press Television News; subsequently, the story was pick-up nationally and globally.
Television News
Interview of Victor Mooney at The Brooklyn Bridge, immediately following his arrival from The United Arab Emirates

Transatlantic activist cycles around UAE

Around the UAE in eight days
Note - Wearing traditional Arabic clothing was carried by the Associated Press; subsequently, the article was pick-up nationally and globally.

Wearing traditional Arabic clothing
BMY Sailing News
World AIDS Day Goree Challenge II Ocean Rowboat to be named in UAE
Sport Features
Rowing Across the Interfaith Bridge
Note - NYC AIDS Activist Unveils boat for ocean trip carried by the Associated Press; subsequently, the article was pick-up nationally and globally.

New York City AIDS activist unveils row boat for Atlantic Ocean trip

NYC AIDS Activist unveils rowboat for ocean trip
BMY Sailing News
USA. African-American AIDS Activist to make second attempt to row across the Atlantic Ocean 
Activist plans to row boat across ocean


AIDS activist hopes to become first African-American to row solo across Atlantic

為了替愛滋病患治療募款,今年5月以雙槳划船橫越大西洋卻不幸失敗的華埠第二小學家長會顧問穆尼(Victor Mooney,右),計畫於12月1日的世界愛滋日(World AIDS Day)中午12時,在曼哈坦42街交百老匯的ESPN Zone舉辦一場募款會,再度宣布第二度的嘗試。

Victor Mooney is scheduled to give a briefing on Goree Challenge II.
Unsinkable man back to ocean row for AIDS

Remarkable Rower Wants Atlantic Ocean Rematch
Victor Mooney prêt à une deuxième tentative de traversée de l'Atlantique
Map of Rowing Route & Supplies on Victor's Ocean Rowboat
A Long Way to Row



Saying Farewell to a Rowing Dream

Hope Floats...then Sinks.
New York Post
Queens Man's Row Odessy Sinks
Note: At the pre-launch and launch of Goree Challenge, The Associated Press (AP), Agency France Press (AFP), European News Agency, Reuters News Agency, and the Xinchua News Agency dispatched journalist and camera crews to record the event.
Subsequently, the Goree Challenge was brought to the billions around the world. Here's a sample of coverage:
Washington, D.C. - Washington Post
Row Boat Sinks, Ending Trans-Atlantic Bid
Middle East
Descendant of slaves seeks to row across Atlantic
Germany
Atlantik stoppt Ruder-Rekordversuch
Spain
Un neoyorquino se hunde al intentar cruzar el Atlántico a remo
Argentina
La travesía que no pudo ser y que casi termina en una tragedia
Belgium
Afro-Amerikaan steekt Atlantische Oceaan over in roeiboot
France
Sénégal : Victor Mooney ne ramera pas jusqu’à New York
United Arab Emirates
New Yorker sinks in cross-Atlantic row attempt
New York 1
Cross-Atlantic Rowboat Trip Cut Short By Leak
ABC News
American's Bid to Row Solo From Africa to U.S. Ends After Boat Sinks Hours After Leaving Coast
CBS News
Row Boat Sinks, Ending Trans-Atlantic Bid
| Daily News Rowing on faith |
| Solo sea journey to fight AIDS |
1010 WINS, WABC Channel 7, Fox 5 New York & Dr. Deas "House Call" covered "Bring it Back to Brooklyn" Ceremony and Reception at Brooklyn Borough Hall.
Sport Features
Boss to Raise 30K for Oarsman "Bring it Back to Brooklyn Send-Off Ceremony & Reception"
Newsday
Queens Man is Ready
Irish Echo
Echo Focus: Hidden histories
Some Irish and African American stories are intertwined
Queens Chronicle
Solo ‘Voyage of Hope’ Begins; Mooney Ships Boat To Africa
Metro - New York
Rowing From Africa to Brooklyn

A Slow, solo Crossing of the Atlantic Is One Man's Response to the AIDS Crisis
The Epoch Times
Brooklyn Man Prepares for Trans-Atlantic Journey
Brooklyn Papers
Hopefull Mooney to Attempt Atlantic Crossing
WNBC – News 4
Associated Press TV
News12 Brooklyn
BYM News
USA & Africa. Atlantic row to pay homage to slave trade victims
International Sports Movement