Bryan Proctor of Greenlawn, who created the Distant Memory Swim across Northport Bay to honor his grandfather, joined a couple dozen others at Asharoken Beach Monday to help raise money for Alzheimer's research. 

 >> Watch the video below and read Melissa Chan's full story.

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