Bradley abandons attempt to swim English Channel

<p>Around 6:30 a.m. Wednesday (Santa Rosa time) Santa Rosa's Bill Bradley abandoned his dream of swimming the 21-mile English Channel.</p><p>Bradley was pulled from the water after four hours. He had become violently sick to his stomach and could not keep down either food or water.</p><p>“I really, really wanted to make it but I had nothing left,” Bradley said by cell phone from Britain.</p><p>“We still don't know what caused it. All I know is that my crew in the follow boat had put on their wet suits and were ready to dive in the water to save me. The guess was that I had about one minute before going under (water).”</p><p>Bradley, 49, is unsure when he is going to try to swim the English Channel again.</p>