Meet DeWitt Silber, the 15-year-old 5X grandson of Erie Canal champion Gov. DeWitt Clinton

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – 200 years ago this month, the Erie Canal officially opened. In October 1825, Governor DeWitt Clinton traveled the entire canal and poured water from Lake Erie into the harbor of New York City. It’s known as the “wedding of the waters.”

Now, Chief Investigative Reporter Berkeley Brean introduces you to the governor’s great great great great great grandson, who has the same name.

“First of all, that’s a great first name,” Brean said…

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