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THE 12 EVERY DAY HEROES PUNCH IN FOR THEIR FIRST INDIVIDUAL CHALLENGE OF TRANSPORTING 250 POUNDS OF SLIME EELS, ON “TOUGH AS NAILS,” WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17

Keep on Baitin” – Things get slippery when the 12 everyday heroes punch in for their first individual challenge of transporting 250 pounds of slime eels into a container, on TOUGH AS NAILS, Wednesday, Feb. 17 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Phil Keoghan is the creator, host and executive producer/showrunner.

The TOUGH AS NAILS competitors are:

Name: Tara Alverson

Job: Mariner

Age: 38

Hometown: Bothell, Wash.

Current Residence: Endurance, a tug boat in Alaska

Name: Sarah Burkett
Job: Pipe Welder
Age: 41
Hometown: Chesterfield, Va.

Current Residence: Petersburg, Pa.

Name: Angel Castillo

Job: Construction Foreman

Age: 29

Hometown: Miami, Fla.

Name: Aracelis “Celi” Garcia 

Age: 31

Job: Travel Nurse 

Hometown: Lancaster, Pa.

Current Residence: Philadelphia, Pa.

Name: Michael “Eyebrows” Guerriero

Job: Bricklayer

Age: 43

Hometown: Queens, N.Y.

Current Residence: Staten Island, N.Y.

Name: Patrick “Freight Train” Hargan

Job: UPS Delivery Driver

Age: 49

Hometown: East Greenville, Pa.

Current Residence: Flourtown, Pa.

Name: Scott Henry

Job: Construction Superintendent

Age: 40

Hometown: Orem, Utah

Current Residence: Ogden, Utah

Name: Iraida Mujica

Job: Transport Track Repair

Age: 43

Hometown: Miramar, Fla.

Name: Liz “Knuckles” Nichols

Job: Cement Mason

Age: 36

Hometown: Waltham, Mass.

Current Residence: Portland, Ore.

Name: Cyril “Zeus” Ontai III

Job: Lineman

Age: 29

Hometown: Honolulu, Hawaii

Name: Swifty Sanders
Job: Steelworker 
Age: 43
Hometown: East Chicago, Ind.

Current Residence: Merrillville, Ind.

Name: Merryl Tengesdal
Job: Retired Air Force Colonel who was a combat aviator for the Navy and Air Force.
Age: 49
Hometown: Bronx, N.Y.

Current Residence: Sacramento, Calif. 

TOUGH AS NAILS is produced by Raquel Productions Inc. in association with Tough House Productions Inc. Created by Phil Keoghan and Louise Keoghan who are executive producers with Anthony Carbone.

CHEAT TWEET: Slippery when wet! The 12 everyday heroes punch in for their first individual challenge of transporting 250 pounds of slime eels! #ToughAsNails, Wed. 2/17 on CBS! 8/7c. Hosted by @PhilKeoghan. https://bit.ly/2LxEtk9

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Website: https://www.cbs.com/shows/tough-as-nails

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Instagram: @toughasnails

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Phil Keoghan on Twitter: @PhilKeoghan

Phil Keoghan on Instagram: @philiminator

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Press Contacts:

Christine Park

818-655-1597

christine.park@cbs.com

Mallory Mason

818-655-1596

mallory.mason@cbs.com

Photo Contact:

Gail Schulman

212-975-0897

gail.schulman@cbs.com