Nation Swimmer who went missing during seven-day, 120-mile Hudson River race confirmed dead June 16, 2019 Svetlana Shkolnikova and Joshua Jongsma, North Jersey Record Comments Off on Swimmer who went missing during seven-day, 120-mile Hudson River race confirmed dead Charles van der Horst, a 67-year-old from North Carolina, was last seen going under water during New York Open Water’s 8 Bridges Open Water Swim.