Mimi Hughes: swimming for women's education

Published: July 19, 2010, 4 a.m.

54 year old Mimi Hughes is getting her "land legs" back after swimming the full 981 mile stretch of the Ohio River. She finished her trip Saturday when she climbed out of the murky waters near Cairo Illinois. This wasn't Hughes first marathon swim. Rebecca Feldhaus has this story of Mimi Hughes's trip and why she did it.