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http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2013\/11\/19\/world\/hero-of-the-year\/<\/a>\n\nRivers' garbageman named CNN Hero of the Year\nBy Kyle Almond, CNN\nNovember 20, 2013 -- Updated 1408 GMT (2208 HKT)\n\n(CNN) -- Chad Pregracke, an Illinois man who has dedicated his life to \ncleaning the Mississippi River and other U.S. waterways, was named the \n2013 CNN Hero of the Year on Tuesday night.\n\nPregracke organizes community cleanups across the country through his \nnonprofit, Living Lands & Waters. About 70,000 volunteers have pitched \nin, helping Pregracke collect more than 7 million pounds of trash in the \npast 15 years.\n\n\"The garbage got into the water one piece at a time,\" Pregracke said \nearlier this year. \"And that's the only way it's going to come out.\"\n\nPregracke was recognized Tuesday night along with the rest of this \nyear's top 10 CNN Heroes -- everyday people doing extraordinary things \nto help change the world. He was chosen as Hero of the Year through a \nfive-week public vote on CNN.com.\n\n\"I'll just keep on cleaning up America's rivers and loving every minute \nof it,\" said Pregracke as he accepted the award Tuesday night.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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