'It's Very Hard to Sob and Run'
Sex trafficking survivor Norma Bastidas speaks to Anu Anand about completing a world record triathlon.
Norma Bastidas holds the world record for the longest triathlon ever completed. She swam, cycled and ran from Cancun, Mexico to Washington DC, following a path commonly used by human traffickers. And Norma's reason for taking on such a difficult challenge is tied to her own incredible story of survival, as she was actually sex trafficked herself.
Danish band Between Music perform in tanks filled with water. For the past 10 years they have worked on creating instruments which work underwater and the band, including the singer, perform without oxygen support. Saskia Edwards reports.
British man Adrian Fisher is internationally renowned as the world's leading maze designer. Over the past 35 years, he has created over 700 mazes in more than 30 countries, setting nine world records in the process.
Raffaele Mollica is one of New York's few remaining artisan wig-makers and has been perfecting his craft for more than 45 years. Earlier in his career he decided to quit a luxury salon to make wigs for women going through chemotherapy. Sorcha Glackin reports.
(Photo: Norma Bastidas with kind permission from N. Bastidas)
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