The Longest Swim 2014 The Longest Swim follows two friends, Ben and Matt Ben has recently been diagnosed with Diabetes and his friend Matt hasnt really been there for him While vacationing at a Vermont lake house, Matt is awakened by loud piercing screams and groans coming from Bens bedroom He discovers his best friend Ben convulsing, shaking, gagging His legs straight and stiff like a statue, his arms flailing, fists clenched foam bubbling from his lips Ben is experiencing a very dangerous diabetic seizure and it is up to Matt to save his best friends life No phone, no hospital within 30 miles, and the closest inhabited house is the one directly across the lake Matts only option to save his best friend is to swim The Longest Swim