Benefield: Santa Rosa woman swims San Francisco Bay for cancer research because ‘I know how hard it is’

When Theresa Drew started taking part in Swim Across America in 2007, it was with a heart full of gratitude.

Her son, David, who was 7 at that time, had been “considered cured” of a cancerous tumor behind his left eye that was diagnosed when he was a toddler.

So when Theresa, a Santa Rosa resident and lifelong swimmer, saw a poster advertising Swim Across America San Francisco Bay Open Water Swim in support of cancer research at David’s doctor’s office at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in San Francisco, she was intrigued.

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