DUKES COUNTY, Mass — A British-South African endurance athlete on Monday finished swimming roughly 60-miles (97-kilometers) over multiple days , becoming the first person to swim all the way around the island of Martha's Vineyard.

Lewis Pugh, 55, began swimming multiple hours a day in the 47 degree (8 degrees Celsius) water on May 15 to raise awareness about the plight of sharks as the film “Jaws” nears its 50th birthday. He wants to change public perceptions and encourage protections for the at-risk animals — which he said the film maligned as “villains, as cold-blooded killers.”

“We've been fighting sharks for 50 years,” he said after completing the last 1.2 miles (2 kilometers) of the swim before exiting the ocean at the Edgartown Harbor Lighthouse, near where “Jaws” was filmed. “No

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