Paraplegic rows across Atlantic

A paraplegic woman from Long Beach completed a rowing journey 2,900 miles across the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday morning, landing at English Harbour, Antigua, according to race organizers.

Angela Madsen, 47, and Frenchman Franck Festor, 36, a partial amputee, rowed their 24-foot-long vessel from the Canary Islands as part of a transatlantic rowing race.

Their vessel, the Row of Life, finished 12th out of 20 boats, the rest of which were rowed by able-bodied individuals. The race began Dec. 2.

-- Susannah Rosenblatt