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The Aquatots was the name given to two American children, Russell "Bubba" Tongay and his sister Kathy Tongay, due to their ability to perform daring swimming feats at a very young age. Bubba was 7 years old and Kathy was 6 when Kathy was killed by their father in 1953. ==Early career== Russell G. Tongay, the children's father, began training Kathy and Bubba when they were very young. ''Time'' magazine reported in 1953 that by the age of ten months Kathy could swim 20 feet deep. By the time the children were 17 months old, according to ''Time'', they were swimming a quarter of a mile per day. In 1950, Tongay staged a swimming performance by his children in the Mississippi River, 22 miles away from St. Louis. Tongay followed in a boat while his children swam along the river. Kathy, aged 2, swam 5 miles and Bubba, aged 4, swam the entire 22 miles to St. Louis. The performance was recorded by gathered reporters and served as a national introduction for the two children. Tongay then announced that his children would swim across the English Channel.〔 Following the Mississippi River swim, Tongay began to actively promote the children as an entertainment act. Bubba would leap from a 30-foot diving platform and swim underwater with his hands and feet bound. The family later moved to Miami, where the children continued to perform. They were promoted by their father, who bragged of their diet, which consisted entirely of baby food.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aquatots」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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