Fog Beats Dutchwoman In Channel Swim - Mrs. Willi Croes Van Rijsel, 31-year-old Amsterdam Housewife (wrapped in blanket) being helped from the water after she had to abandon her second channel swim attempt at 1 am 27 August, only two miles from Dover, owing to fog. She had been in the water for 16 hrs 52 mins. At left is Edward H. Temme and at right Bernard West. Last month she failed when only a mile and a half from the English coast, after 14? hours in the water. Toward the end of her second attempt, Philip Mickman, 18, English boy who conquered the channel earlier this week, swam with her an hour to encourage her. August 27, 1949. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).