A college student in Massachusetts says he achieved a longtime dream when he rowed across the Charles River in a giant pumpkin.
Benjamin Chang, a senior at Harvard University, crossed the river in a pumpkin that weighed 1,500 pounds when he picked it up from a farm in New Hampshire.
"There's been so many roadblocks that have happened, and to actually be in the water in a giant pumpkin was so much fun," Chang said.
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