Jere Mateo swam to the beach at Portpatrick, a beautiful little village on the Scottish coast. The locals watched him emerge from the sea, tired and unable to understand where he had come from. "I'm swimming from Ireland," he told them. Mateo had been swimming for twelve hours across the Northern Strait, from Northern Ireland to Scotland, overcoming low temperatures, tides, and jellyfish. "They applauded me. I was so happy that I forgot about my walking problems and fell," he explains, smiling. He had just become the first person to make this solo crossing. The first Catalan and the second person with reduced mobility. And the first with brain damage. "It was magical. During those hours of swimming, I was able to think a lot and organize many ideas. I came out at peace with myself," he adds.